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Cloud 9 (Wolke 9)

She didn't ask for it. It just happened. There were stealing glances, attraction. But this was never supposed to happen.

Inge is in her mid-60s. She has been married for 30 years and loves her husband. But Inge is drawn to this older man Karl, already 76. It's passion. It's sex. And she suddenly feels like a young girl again...

Andreas Dresen was born in 1963 and started shooting amateur films in 1979. From 1984 to 1985 he worked as a sound technician at the theater in Schwerin, and then apprenticed at the DEFA studios, working as an assistant director with Guenter Reisch. He then studied Direction at the “Konrad Wolf" Academy of Film & Television in Potsdam. Since 1992, he has been working as a writer and director for television, cinema, and theater. A selection of his award-winning films includes: Silent Country (Stilles Land, 1992), Night Shapes (Nachtgestalten, 1998), The Policewoman (Die Polizistin, 2000), Grill Point (Halbe Treppe, 2001), Vote for Henryk! (Herr Wichmann von der CDU, 2003), Willenbrock (2004), Summer in Berlin (Sommer vorm Balkon, 2005), Cloud 9 (Wolke 9, 2008), and Whisky with Vodka (Whisky mit Wodka, 2009).
 

Genre Drama
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2008
Director Andreas Dresen
Screenplay Andreas Dresen, Cooky Ziesche, Laila Stieler, Joerg Hauschild
Director of Photography Michael Hammon
Editor Joerg Hauschild
Production Design Susanne Hopf
Producer Peter Rommel
Production Company Rommel Film/Berlin, in co-production with RBB/Potsdam-Babelsberg, in cooperation with ARTE/Strasbourg
Principal Cast Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal, Steffi Kuehnert
Length 98 min
Format HDV
Blow-up Color, FAZ 35 mm, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French
Festival Screenings Cannes 2008 (Un Certain Regard), Karlovy Vary 2008, Melbourne 2008, Toronto 2008, Warsaw 2008, Ghent 2008, Sao Paulo 2008, Rio 2008, Havana 2008, Palms Springs 2009, Triest 2009, BAFICI Buenos Aires 2009, Huesca 2009
Awards Coup de Coeur Award Cannes 2008, Bavaria Film Prize 2009 (Best Actress Ursula Werner, Best Cinematographer Michael Hammon), Best Feature Film Triest 2009, German Film Award 2009 (Best Film: Bronze, Best Direction, Best Leading Actress)
With backing from BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmkunstpreis 2006 Festival des Deutschen Films
German Distributor Senator Film Verleih/Berlin

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