Overview
Benjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reach grammar school. Adjusting to his new environment is difficult as he has to struggle with being a teen... specially when he falls in love to the school's dream girl, Malen.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the German Film Award for Best Feature Film (2001)
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Nominations
Nominated for the German Film Award for Best Actor (2001)
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Kai Fischer and Christoph Kaiser
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sonja Rom
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Benjamin LebertNovel
- Michael GutmannWriter
- Hans-Christian SchmidWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 8, 2000
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Robert StadloberBenjamin Lebert
Tom SchillingJanosch Schwarze
Oona-Devi LiebichMalen
Julia HummerMarie- Can TaylanlarTroy
Christoph OrtmannKugli
Joseph BolzDünner Felix- Willy RachowFlorian
Dagmar ManzelJuliane Lebert
Burghart KlaußnerKlaus Lebert
Mira BartuschekPaula Lebert, Benjamins Schwester
Jörg GudzuhnHerr Falkenstein
Katharina Müller-ElmauFrau Westphalen- Irene KuglerFrau Bachmann
Germain WagnerHerr Richter
Karoline HerfurthAnna
Nic RommRichi
Andreas SchmidtRicardo
Franziska SchlattnerIsabelle
Maximilian von PufendorfCarsten
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