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Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Deutschland 1996/1997 Spielfilm

Rudy and Martin meet in a clinic′s terminal ward. The doctors have already written them both off - there′s only a little time left now. When Martin hears that Rudy has never been to the seaside, he persuades him to set off there immediately. "Because everyone in heaven goes on about the sea and how wonderful it is. And if you have never been there, then you′ll just sit there and won′t be able to join in." A wild, exciting journey begins, one they could actually call the journey of their lives - if it wasn′t their last one. They are soon being chased by some hired killers and hunted by the police. But what does it matter? As each day passes, they get a bit nearer to the coast.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Thomas Jahn

Screenplay

  • Thomas Jahn
  • Til Schweiger

Director of photography

  • Gero Steffen
  • Felix Schumann (3. Kamera)

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Music

  • Franz Plasa
  • Christian Neander
  • Jan Plewka

Cast

  • Til Schweiger
    Martin Brest
  • Jan Josef Liefers
    Rudi Wurlitzer
  • Thierry van Werveke
    Belgier Hank
  • Moritz Bleibtreu
    Araber Abdul
  • Huub Stapel
    Franky "Boy" Beluga
  • Leonard Lansink
    Kommissar Schneider
  • Ralph Herforth
    Kriminalassistent Keller
  • Vladimir Weigl
    Harald Rewitz
  • Hark Bohm
    Psychologe
  • Jürgen Becker
    Tankwart

Production company

  • Buena Vista International (Germany) Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction GmbH (Potsdam)

Producer

  • Wolfgang Braun
  • Christoph Ott
  • Til Schweiger
  • André M. Hennicke
  • Thomas Zickler

Alle Credits

Director

  • Thomas Jahn

Assistant director

  • Sophie Allet-Coche

Intern

  • Sonja Wittur
  • Dunja Campregher

Script supervisor

  • Brita Bednarzyk

Screenplay

  • Thomas Jahn
  • Til Schweiger

Director of photography

  • Gero Steffen
  • Felix Schumann (3. Kamera)

Assistant camera

  • Frank Penzold (3. Kamera)

Clapper loader

  • Daniela Knapp

2nd Camera unit

  • Tobias Albrecht

Steadycam operator

  • Michael Bartlett
  • Uwe Schäfer

Assistant camera operator

  • Wolfgang Dinslage (Video-Kamera)

Still photography

  • Tim Wegner

Lighting design

  • Niels Maier
  • Thomas Schulz (Assistenz)

Key grip

  • Bernd Mayer
  • Ernst Reimann (bei Stunts)
  • Peter Wunderlich (bei Stunts)
  • Andreas Hülzer (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Monika Bauert
  • Ralf Schreck (Assistenz)

Property master

  • Heike von Polheim

Stand-by props

  • Wolfgang Küchler
  • Gerlinde Schäfer (Assistenz)

Construction manager

  • Jörg Bergen
  • Katrin Thierer (Assistenz)

Title

  • Thomas Wilk

Make-up artist

  • Susanne Woerle-Jiritano
  • Henny Zimmer

Costume design

  • Heike Weber
  • Dorothée Kriener (Assistenz)

Costumes

  • Anette Czagany
  • Petra Winkler (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Assistant editor

  • Marco Pav D'Auria

Negative cutter

  • Cornelia Schümann

Sound editor

  • Michael Redbourn (Überwachung)

Dubbing editor

  • Brigitte Arnold (Dialoge)

Foley editor

  • Stephan Colli

Sound

  • Stephan Colli

Sound assistant

  • Hadon Install
  • Erik Seifert

Foley artist

  • Pauline Griffiths
  • Paula Boram

Audio mixing

  • Michael Dowson
  • Mark Taylor
  • Edward Snelling Colyer (Geräusche)

Choreographer

  • Suzanne van Griensven

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Olaf Tschierschke (Fahrzeug-Koordination)

Music

  • Franz Plasa
  • Christian Neander
  • Jan Plewka

Conductor

  • Andreas Kirnberger

Cast

  • Til Schweiger
    Martin Brest
  • Jan Josef Liefers
    Rudi Wurlitzer
  • Thierry van Werveke
    Belgier Hank
  • Moritz Bleibtreu
    Araber Abdul
  • Huub Stapel
    Franky "Boy" Beluga
  • Leonard Lansink
    Kommissar Schneider
  • Ralph Herforth
    Kriminalassistent Keller
  • Vladimir Weigl
    Harald Rewitz
  • Hark Bohm
    Psychologe
  • Jürgen Becker
    Tankwart
  • Markus Knüfken
    1. Polizist in Zivil
  • Tyron Ricketts
    2. Polizist in Zivil
  • Florian Fitz
    Polizist im Hotel
  • Hannes Jaenicke
    Motorradpolizist
  • Christiane Paul
    Verkäuferin
  • Willi Thomczyk
    Autoverkäufer
  • Corinna Harfouch
    1. Laborschwester
  • Cornelia Froboess
    Mutter Brest
  • Rutger Hauer
    Gangsterboss Curtiz
  • Jenny Elvers
    2. Laborschwester
  • Tobias Schenke
    Junge mit Scateboard
  • Wolfgang Kaven
    Dr. Graf
  • Bernd Hoffmann
    Dr. Wortmann
  • Muriel Baumeister
    Krankenschwester in der Ambulanz
  • Helen Duval
    Puffmutter
  • Christoph Ott
    Polizist am Fahrstuhl
  • Henry Lupprian
    Hotelboy
  • Georg Roth
    Hotelmanager
  • Xenia Seeberg
    Polizistin im Hotel
  • Sascha Kelitsch
    3. Polizist in Zivil
  • Ralf Hempel
    4. Polizist in Zivil
  • Dana Schweiger
    Junge Frau im Bahnhof
  • Valentin Schweiger
    Baby im Bahnhof
  • Nick Schweiger
    1. Rodriguez-Bruder
  • Salvatore Pascale
    2. Rodriguez-Bruder
  • Evangelos Pananis
    3. Rodriguez-Bruder
  • Gustav Adolph
    Carlos
  • Anton Rattinger
    Polizist im Auto
  • Ayhan Vanelli
    Türkischer Imbissbetreiber
  • Ludwig Böttger
    Apotheker
  • Clelia Sarto
    TV-Reporterin
  • Eva Mannschott
    Bankangestellte
  • Nicholas Bodeux
    Bankangestellter
  • Laura Stark
    Kleines Mädchen
  • Sönke Wortmann
    Show-Regisseur
  • Brunhilde Wiersbitzky-Webster
    Frau in der Apotheke
  • Ursula Schreiber
    Frau mit Capri
  • Lionel John Dent
    Notarzt
  • Corinna Flock
    1. Hure im Puff
  • Janine Kunze
    2. Hure im Puff
  • Thomas Jahn
    Taxifahrer
  • Bernd Eichinger
    Typ mit Gold
  • Angelika Howland
    Tänzerin
  • Melanie D. Sievernich
    Tänzerin
  • Gloria Hardaway
    Tänzerin
  • Sabine Brandauer
    Tänzerin

Production company

  • Buena Vista International (Germany) Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction GmbH (Potsdam)

Producer

  • Wolfgang Braun
  • Christoph Ott
  • Til Schweiger
  • André M. Hennicke
  • Thomas Zickler

Co-Producer

  • Wolfgang Brown
  • Christoph Ott

Line producer

  • Thomas Zickler

Associate producer

  • Viola Jäger
  • Oliver Stoltz

Unit production manager

  • Ulli Neumann

Location manager

  • Martin Hämer
  • Stephan Bechem
  • Alexander Schulz (Synchronisation)
  • Carli Hameder

Production manager

  • Eva Marie Neufahrt
  • Dorit Esser (Assistenz)

Production office

  • Antje Köster

Original distributor

  • Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • August 1996 - September 1996: Köln, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Holland
Duration:
2441 m
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SR Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 31.01.1997, 76791, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 20.02.1997;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 02.01.1999, Premiere

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Versions

Original

Duration:
2441 m
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SR Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 31.01.1997, 76791, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 20.02.1997;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 02.01.1999, Premiere

Awards

Club der Berliner Filmjournalisten 1998
  • Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis
IFF Sitges, Spanien 1997
  • Gran Angular Award, Bester Film
Filmfestival Moskau 1997
  • Silberner St. George, Bester Darsteller
Deutscher Filmpreis 1997
  • Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistungen

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