Ab ins kalte Wasser
Into Troubled Waters

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 39'18 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR original-language German subtitles English

At a high-school graduation party, the village car mechanic Torge shows up unexpectedly to say goodbye to his ex-girlfriend Frieda, who is off to the city to study. While Torge is waiting for Frieda to talk to him, the party unfolds as the graduates hold onto their last night together while trying to imagine what the future holds in store.

director Lasse Holdhus Production Lisa Roling DOP Lukas Eylandt Editing Lena Köhler Script Lasse Holdhus, Amélie Czerwenka Cast Antonis Antoniadis, Shirin Eissa, Jonathan Lade film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2024 Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Friedrich-Krause-Ufer 19
  • 13353 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de
Production
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Lisa Roling
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de

Lasse Holdhus

Born 1991 in Stavanger, Norway;
1998 first acting experience at the local youth theater and participated in workshops and plays from 2001 to 2010;
started to direct his own short films and gained practical knowledge behind the camera;
since 2013 studying at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).

Filmography
2016 Beschwerden eines Jünglings
2017 Waldgeist
2018 Nachtfalter
2018 Forfall
2023 Ab ins kalte Wasser