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12 PACES WITHOUT A HEAD (12 METER OHNE KOPF)

Scene from "12 Paces Without a Head" (photo © Britta Krehl/Wueste Film)
Having fun, sparking chaos and kicking up a riot have long been the way of life for high-sea pirates Klaus Stoertebeker and Goedeke Michels. Endless conquests on the North and Baltic seas have lent Stoertebeker the reputation of a rebel and a revolutionary, and to his loyal troops of sea pirates he is a living legend. But the constant fighting and battling with those loathed “moneybags” of the Hanse has worn down the once invincible buccaneers and their bold crew. When Stoertebeker is seriously wounded in a battle to capture a ship, the legendary pirate begins to question whether this life holds a future for him, and when he ends up falling in love with the beautiful and feisty Bille, who evokes in him dreams of a quiet life on land, he is finally forced to face his future: What now Stoertebeker? Guerilla or gardener? A fight with Michels, the flaming full-blooded pirate is inevitable, until the discovery of a secret wonder weapon lifts their spirits and reignites their bond – but the mighty Hanse has also stocked up on its weapons and the so the final battle nears...
Sven Taddicken was born in 1974 in Hamburg and studied Directing at the Baden-Wuerttemburg Film Academy from 1996-2002. Winning numerous international awards including the National Short Film Prize at Dresden 1999, the Main Prize at the Finnish festival Lappeenraanta, and First Prize at Short Cuts Cologne 1999, he was also nominated for the Honorary Foreign Student Award/Student Oscar® 2000 for his film Counting Sheep (Schaefchen Zaehlen, 1999). His other films include: the shorts Fisch (1997), Whodunit?! (1998), El Cordobes (1998), Ice Cream (1998), Einfach so bleiben (2002), his feature debut Getting My Brother Laid (Mein Bruder der Vampir, 2001), Emma\'s Bliss (Emmas Glueck, 2006), Braams (2008), Berlin - 1st of May (Berlin - 1. Mai, 2008), and 12 Paces Without a Head (12 Meter ohne Kopf, 2009).
Genre Comedy, History
Category Feature
Year of Production 2009
Director Sven Taddicken
Screenplay Matthias Pacht
Director of Photography Daniela Knapp
Editors Alexander Dittner, Andreas Wodraschke, Florian Miosge
Music by Christoph Blaser, Steffen Kahles
Production Design Peter Menne
Cast Franziska Wulf, Jana Pallaske, Detlev Buck, Hinnerk Schönemann, Devid Striesow, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ronald Zehrfeld
Producers Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel, Björn Vosgerau
Co-Producers Nina Bohlmann, Babette Schroeder
Production Company Wüste Film/Hamburg, in co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures Germany/Hamburg, Magnolia Filmproduktion/Hamburg
Length 102 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Version English
Festivals Shanghai 2010, Hamptons 2010, Seattle 2011
With backing from German Federal Film Board, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, German Federal Film Fund
German Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures Germany/Hamburg
World Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
Balthasarstr. 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com
Category Feature
Year of Production 2009
Director Sven Taddicken
Screenplay Matthias Pacht
Director of Photography Daniela Knapp
Editors Alexander Dittner, Andreas Wodraschke, Florian Miosge
Music by Christoph Blaser, Steffen Kahles
Production Design Peter Menne
Cast Franziska Wulf, Jana Pallaske, Detlev Buck, Hinnerk Schönemann, Devid Striesow, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ronald Zehrfeld
Producers Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel, Björn Vosgerau
Co-Producers Nina Bohlmann, Babette Schroeder
Production Company Wüste Film/Hamburg, in co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures Germany/Hamburg, Magnolia Filmproduktion/Hamburg
Length 102 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Version English
Festivals Shanghai 2010, Hamptons 2010, Seattle 2011
With backing from German Federal Film Board, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, German Federal Film Fund
German Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures Germany/Hamburg
World Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
Balthasarstr. 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com


