The Good Neighbour (film)
The Good Neighbour (German: Unter Nachbarn) is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival[2] and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival[3] and the Hof International Film Festival.[4]
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Directed by | Stephan Rick |
Produced by | Daniel Reich Christoph Holthof |
Written by | Stephan Rick Silja Clemens |
Starring | Maxim Mehmet Charly Hübner Petra Schmidt-Schaller |
Music by | Stefan Schulzki |
Cinematography | Felix Cramer |
Edited by | Florian Drechsler |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Budget | $1.3 million[1] |
The Good Neighbour was shot on location in Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden (including the Waldenecksee) and Mannheim, Germany.[5] The thriller, about a new friendship between two men that takes a dark turn is Rick's debut feature film.[1] His previous work, the children's TV series Allein gegen die Zeit, had been nominated for the German Television Award and the International Emmy Award.[6] The film got half its funding coming from German broadcaster ARD’s SWR unit and from the film fund of Baden-Wuerttemberg.[1]
Charly Hübner was awarded "Best German actor" of 2013, a Golden Camera Award.[7]
Cast
- Maxim Mehmet as David Ahrens
- Charly Hübner as Robert Graetz
- Petra Schmidt-Schaller as Vanessa Rafael
- Helmut Rühl as Inspector Wagner
- Rainer Sellien as Hannes Fieser
- Katharina Heyer as Janine Rafael
References
- Landreth, Jonathan (14 June 2011). "'The Good Neighbor' Leads the German Charge at the Shanghai International Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- "‚The Good Neighbor' Leads the German Charge at the Shanghai International Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- "Unter Nachbarn". World Film Festival 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- "Unter Nachbarn". Hof International Film Festival 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- "Unter Nachbarn credits". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- "Awards for Allein gegen die Zeit". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- Ring, Matthias (25 August 2013). "Porträt von Charly Hübner: Wie ist man so geworden, wie man ist?". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2019.