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They've Got Knut (Sie haben Knut)

A tale of love and other forgotten ideals in the early 80s.

Love and politics were inseparable in the 80s, especially in West Germany, where friends, lovers and families would chant anti-imperialist slogans in endless protest marches. Politics, however, is the last thing on the minds of Ingo and Nadia on this winter weekend in 1983. They've come to Nadia's mountain cabin to discuss – or dissolve – their relationship. But before Ingo can begin to pour out his soul, a rowdy band of holidaymakers suddenly bursts in upon them – all politically active friends of Nadia's brother Knut. Ingo is irritated, but worse is yet to come: Knut has apparently been arrested. As the group debates whether it is politically correct to have fun under such circumstances, Ingo finds himself drifting away from Nadia. Little by little, he is sucked into a community where people's hearts and minds are like strangers without a common language...

Stefan Krohmer was born in 1971 in Balingen. He studied Theater, Film and Television in Erlangen, followed by studies in Directing at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg. His films include: Blackfast (1992), Chubab (1994), K.O. (documentary, 1995), Macht man eigentlich anders (TV, 1998), his graduation film Barracuda Dancing (1999), End of the Season (Ende der Saison, 2001), Familienkreise (TV, 2003), They've Got Knut (Sie haben Knut, 2003), and Summer '04 (Sommer '04 an der Schlei, 2006).
 

Genre Drama
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2003
Director Stefan Krohmer
Screenplay Daniel Nocke
Director of Photography Benedict Neuenfels
Editor Stephan Krumbiegel
Music by Heaven 17, Nick Drake, Pack Jam, Bert Jansch, Donna Summer
Production Design Thilo Mengler, Thomas Prommersberger
Producer Peter Rommel
Production Companies Allmedia/Stuttgart, Home Run Pictures, Stuttgart, in co-production with Allegro Film/Vienna, ARTE/Strasbourg, ZDF/Mainz
Principal Cast Ingo Haeb, Stephan Hornung, Valerie Koch, Alexandra Neldel, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Markus Sieber, Rainer Strecker, Devid Striesow, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nina Weniger, Marc Zwinz
Length 107 min, 3,060 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Stereo
Festival Screenings Berlin 2003 (Perspectives German Cinema), Karlovy Vary 2003 (Variety Critics' Choice), Diagonale 2003, Seattle 2003, Copenhagen 2003, Leeds 2003
With backing from MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oesterreichisches Filminstitut, Cine Tirol

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