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Plan - An Ecomedy, The (Aktion - Eine Oeko-moedie, Die)

Fact is that Holger Mauss, owner of a company producing dairy products and vehement defender of plastic packaging, taps water from the surrounding fields in total disregard of the farmers' interests. He silences his critics, among others farmer Schellmann, by taking them to court and using his excellent connections to local politicians. Nobody can beat him using the law. So what is needed is a plan, a plan so unexpected that Mauss does not know whether he is coming or going. The young countess Tatjana von Selasinsky employs a frustrated policeman and an eco-freak (Messrs Gauert and Droste) to put a stop to the polluter's wrong-doings. All methods are acceptable as long as they are original and efficient. In addition, there are good deal of arguing. Muesli man clashes with hyper-yuppy, public transport with Yank limos, wool pullovers with silk jackets. Or: Droste vs. Gauert, and both against the end of the world.
Thomas Bohn was born in Wuppertal in 1959 and trained at television studios in Munich and in Washington, USA. He has directed around 100 commercials since 1986, written a novel (Der Querschlaeger) and penned scripts for a Tatort episode, Die Kampagne, and The Plan. His films include Held von Heute (short, 1982), Timezones (short, 1985), Viva (1986), Magic Mueller (TV film, 1993), Tatort: Die Kampagne (TV film, 1995), The Plan - An Ecomedy (Die Aktion - Eine Oeko-moedie, TV film, 1996) and Straight Shooter (1999). Since then, he has been working exclusively for television, mostly for parts of the German Tatort-series.
Category Feature
Director Thomas Bohn
Screenplay Thomas Bohn
Director of Photography Immo Rentz
Editor Gudrun Boehl
Music by Hansi Franek
Cast Hannes Jaenicke, Desirée Nosbusch, Adolf Laimboeck, Udo Weinberger, Theo Maalek, Ingo Naujoks
Producer Susan Schulte
Production Company SWF/Baden-Baden
Length 79 min
Format Super 16, color
Original Version German
World Sales
Suedwestfunk Media GmbH
Dr. Winfried Enz
Hans-Bredow-Strasse
76522 Baden-Baden/Germany
phone +49-72 21-92 44 11
fax +49-72 21-92 44 20
Director Thomas Bohn
Screenplay Thomas Bohn
Director of Photography Immo Rentz
Editor Gudrun Boehl
Music by Hansi Franek
Cast Hannes Jaenicke, Desirée Nosbusch, Adolf Laimboeck, Udo Weinberger, Theo Maalek, Ingo Naujoks
Producer Susan Schulte
Production Company SWF/Baden-Baden
Length 79 min
Format Super 16, color
Original Version German
World Sales
Suedwestfunk Media GmbH
Dr. Winfried Enz
Hans-Bredow-Strasse
76522 Baden-Baden/Germany
phone +49-72 21-92 44 11
fax +49-72 21-92 44 20


