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Jailbirds (Maennerpension)
Two jailbirds on parole spread a lot of happiness among their fellows - especially among the ladies. The new film by Buck - a story about men and women. With the little problem that some can't do things as they would like to. And others don't want to do things as they should ... although they can. Valiant jailbirds, exciting women, and a car chase that's bigger then Ben Hur. There are victims among both humans and animals ...
Detlev Buck was born in 1962 in Bad Segeberg and made his fame as an actor, director and screenwriter at the tender age of 22. Following high school and alternate military service, he made the short film TIME TO KNOCK OFF (ERST DIE ARBEIT UND DANN...?), which quickly became a cult classic. His first feature as a director was RABBIT FEVER (KARNIGGELS), which won the Bavarian Film Prize. He followed this up with 1993's NO MORE MR. NICE GUY (WIR KOENNEN AUCH ANDERS), which garnered an honorable mention at the Berlin Film Festival and two German Film Awards. His next film, JAILBIRDS (MÄNNERPENSION), which he directed and starred in, made stars of the two female leads, Heike Makatsch and Marie Baeumer. In 2004, he was awarded the German Film Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in BERLIN BLUES (HERR LEHMANN), directed by Leander Haußmann. His other works as a director are: TOUGH ENOUGH (KNALLHART), HANDS OFF MISSISSIPPI (HÄNDE WEG VON MISSISSIPPI), both of which won German Film Awards in several categories, and SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT.
Genre Comedy
Category Feature
Year of Production 1996
Director Detlev Buck
Screenplay Detlev Buck, Eckhard Theophil
Director of Photography Slawomir Idziak
Editor Peter R. Adam
Cast Til Schweiger, Heike Makatsch, Marie Bäumer, Detlev Buck
Producer Claus Boje
Production Company Boje Buck Produktion/Berlin, in co-production with WDR/Cologne
Length 95 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Sound Technology Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
With backing from Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, BMI
German Distributor Delphi Filmverleih/Berlin
World Sales
Delphi Filmverleih GmbH
Claus Boje, Sonja Schmitt
Kurfuerstendamm 226
10719 Berlin/Germany
phone +49-30-8 85 97 40
fax +49-30-88 59 13 15
info@delphi-film.de
http://www.delphi-film.com
Category Feature
Year of Production 1996
Director Detlev Buck
Screenplay Detlev Buck, Eckhard Theophil
Director of Photography Slawomir Idziak
Editor Peter R. Adam
Cast Til Schweiger, Heike Makatsch, Marie Bäumer, Detlev Buck
Producer Claus Boje
Production Company Boje Buck Produktion/Berlin, in co-production with WDR/Cologne
Length 95 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Sound Technology Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
With backing from Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, BMI
German Distributor Delphi Filmverleih/Berlin
World Sales
Delphi Filmverleih GmbH
Claus Boje, Sonja Schmitt
Kurfuerstendamm 226
10719 Berlin/Germany
phone +49-30-8 85 97 40
fax +49-30-88 59 13 15
info@delphi-film.de
http://www.delphi-film.com
