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Red and Blue (Rot und Blau)
Serpil Turhan, Hannelore Elsner (photo © Moana-Film GmbH/Berlin)
Although she really wanted to become a racecar driver, Barbara is now an architect. The stability of her designs reflects the stability in her life, or so it seems. Then one day, Ilke, her daughter from a previous marriage, arrives in Berlin. With the help of a private detective with mysterious contacts, Ilke finds her mother after twenty lost years. She enters Barbara's house, her life and her family without causing a shake-up. But then the detective shows up and wants a piece of Barbara's life too, causing everything to spin out of control. Finally, Barbara must face her long-ignored past, eye to eye.
Rudolf Thome was born in Wallau/Lahn in 1939 and studied German, Philosophy and History in Munich and Bonn. He began writing film reviews in 1962 for various newspapers and magazines. In 1964, he collaborated with Max Zihlmann and Klaus Lemke on his first short film, DIE VERSÖHNUNG. He then became managing director of the Munich Film Critics' Club in 1965 and founded his own production company, Moana-Film, in 1977. He received the 2nd place Guild Award in the category Best German Film for BERLIN CHAMISSOPLATZ in 1981, and the International Film Critics' Award in Montreal in 1989 for his film THE PHILOSOPHER. His film PARADISO (1999) won a Silver Bear at Berlin in 2000. His other films include: STELLA (1966), RED SUN (ROTE SONNE, 1969), SUPERGIRL (1971), MADE IN GERMANY AND USA (1974), LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (LIEBE AUF DEN ERSTEN BLICK, 1991), DAS GEHEIMNIS (1995), JUST MARRIED (1998), VENUS TALKING (2001), RED AND BLUE (ROT UND BLAU, 2002), WOMAN DRIVING, MAN SLEEPING (FRAU FÄHRT, MAN SCHLÄFT, 2003), YOU TOLD ME YOU LOVE ME (DU HAST GESAGT, DASS DU MICH LIEBST, 2005), SMOKE SIGNS (RAUCHZEICHEN, 2006), THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE (DAS SICHTBARE UND DAS UNSICHTBARE, 2007), PINK (2008), and THE RED ROOM (DAS ROTE ZIMMER, 2010).
Genre Art, Drama
Category Feature
Year of Production 2003
Director Rudolf Thome
Screenplay Rudolf Thome
Director of Photography Michael Wiesweg
Editor Doerte Voelz
Music by Heide Hans
Production Design Susanna Cardelli
Cast Karl Kranzkowski, Hanns Zischler, Serpil Turhan, Hannelore Elsner, Adriana Altaras
Producer Rudolf Thome
Production Company Moana-Film/Berlin
Length 113 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Version English
Sound Technology Dolby Stereo
Festivals Karlovy Vary 2003 (in competition), Warsaw 2003, Ghent/Flanders 2003, Kolkata 2003, Viennale 2003, Munich 2003, Sao Paulo 2003
German Distributor STUDIOCANAL/Berlin
World Sales
STUDIOCANAL GmbH
Filmverleih/Publicity
Neue Promenade 4
10178 Berlin/Germany
phone +49-30-810 969 0
fax +49-30-810 969 499
info@studiocanal.de
http://www.studiocanal.de
Category Feature
Year of Production 2003
Director Rudolf Thome
Screenplay Rudolf Thome
Director of Photography Michael Wiesweg
Editor Doerte Voelz
Music by Heide Hans
Production Design Susanna Cardelli
Cast Karl Kranzkowski, Hanns Zischler, Serpil Turhan, Hannelore Elsner, Adriana Altaras
Producer Rudolf Thome
Production Company Moana-Film/Berlin
Length 113 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Version English
Sound Technology Dolby Stereo
Festivals Karlovy Vary 2003 (in competition), Warsaw 2003, Ghent/Flanders 2003, Kolkata 2003, Viennale 2003, Munich 2003, Sao Paulo 2003
German Distributor STUDIOCANAL/Berlin
World Sales
STUDIOCANAL GmbH
Filmverleih/Publicity
Neue Promenade 4
10178 Berlin/Germany
phone +49-30-810 969 0
fax +49-30-810 969 499
info@studiocanal.de
http://www.studiocanal.de
