Boxhagener Platz
Berlin, Boxhagener Platz
1968. Student revolts and the sexual revolution are in full swing in the West, and Soviet tanks have rolled into in Prague. Life at Boxhagener Platz in East Berlin is in turmoil too for Grandma Otti and her grandson, Holger – albeit for different reasons. A cheerful, passionate cemetery-goer, Grandma Otti has already buried five husbands. Now that her sixth husband Rudi is also on the brink of passing on, two new admirers are already making advances to her. One of them is a charming and articulate widow and pensioner named Karl Wegner, an ex-revolutionary from the Spartacus League and a commuter between East and West. The other is a smarmy ex-Nazi known as "Fish-Winkler". Unlike Grandma Otti, her grandson Holger hasn't had much luck as yet with the opposite sex. Holger's a shy misfit who, as the son of a party-line-toeing community policeman, isn't exactly very popular with the older lads of Boxhagener Platz – or with the girls. To cap it all, his parents' quarrels are getting worse, and so he’s been spending more time than usual at his beloved Grandma Otti's place of late.
But then, one day, Fish-Winkler is found dead in his shop. As the area's community policeman, Holger's father takes charge of the case, which – initially at least – turns about to be a great fillip for Holger_s status. But the investigations soon grind to a halt and, before long, Holger_s father no longer has any more interesting pieces of information to offer. And so Holger decides to take on the case – if only to earn a bit of respect on Boxhagener Platz.
Source: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Oma Otti
- Holger
- Fisch-Winkler
- Karl Wegner
- Klaus-Dieter
- Renate
- Bodo
- Rita
- Jochen Gundorff
- Frau Stolle
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
based on
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Still photography
Prop master
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Casting
Music
Cast
- Oma Otti
- Holger
- Fisch-Winkler
- Karl Wegner
- Klaus-Dieter
- Renate
- Bodo
- Rita
- Jochen Gundorff
- Frau Stolle
- Frau Heinrich
- Rudi
- Berthold
- Oberleutnant Kringe
- Oberleutnant Weber
- Dr. Klemm
- Paule Lehmann
- Harry Kupferschmidt
- Achim Stolle
- Burkhard Stolle
- Achim Stolle
- Grabredner
- Mirkow Buskow
- Annegret Peters
- Nachbarin
- Heino Meier
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Executive producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Funding
Shoot
- 19.03.2009 - 17.05.2009: Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin, Halle, Dessau, Eilsleben
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.01.2010, 121102, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.2010, Berlin, IFF - Berlinale Spezial;
Kinostart (DE): 04.03.2010
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Boxhagener Platz
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.01.2010, 121102, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.2010, Berlin, IFF - Berlinale Spezial;
Kinostart (DE): 04.03.2010
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Awards
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll