Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
Digging for Belladonna

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2006 runtime 44'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Summer 1918. Cecilie, from a renowned but impoverished family, is supposed to marry rich Alfred. But Cecilie does not approve of the marriage plans. However, on the day before her wedding, she finds a buried piece of cloth in the garden suddenly everything takes a different turn...

director Franka Potente Besetzung / Cast Christoph Bach, Emilia Sparagna, Justus von Dohnányi, Max Urlacher, Teresa Harder Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Enis Rotthoff, Matthias Petsche, Stefan Maria Schneider Tongestaltung / Sound Design Enis Rotthoff, Matthias Petsche, Stefan Maria Schneider Schnitt / Editing Antje Zynga Bildgestaltung / DOP Frank Griebe Drehbuch / Script Franka Potente
Festivals
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Production
  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH
  • Stefan Arndt
  • Kurfürstenstr. 57
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 23083311
Distribution
  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH
  • Niklas Bäumer
  • Kurfürstenstr. 57
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 23083340

Franka Potente

Born in Munster;
various offers for films after acting classes at the Otto-Falkenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich;
first public attention with the role of Anna in Nach fuenf im Urwald (Hans Christian Schmid);
afterwards leading roles in film and TV productions;
national and international breakthrough with the role of Lola in Lola runs by Tom Tykwer