Dresden (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Writer:

Stefan Kolditz (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

A romance between a British pilot hiding in Germany and a German nurse is shown on the background of massive allied bombing of Dresden towards the end of World War 2.

Plot Keywords:

Bombing | Dresden Germany | Melodrama | Kitsch | Fire

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Felicitas Woll	...	Anna Mauth
John Light	...	Robert Newman
Benjamin Sadler	...	Alexander Wenninger
Heiner Lauterbach	...	Carl Mauth
Katharina Meinecke	...	Magda Mauth
Marie Bäumer	...	Maria Goldberg
Kai Wiesinger	...	Simon Goldberg
Wolfgang Stumph	...	Pfarrer
Jürgen Heinrich	...	Gauleiter Martin Mutschmann
Susanne Bormann	...	Eva Mauth
Paul Ready	...	William
John Keogh	...	Flight Lt. Leslie, Master Bomber
Christian Rodska	...	Arthur Harris
Anja Taschenberg	...	Grashena
Pip Torrens	...	Saundby
Bert Böhlitz	...	Mutschmanns Adjudant
Andreas Günther	...	1. Feldgendarm
Gabriela Maria Schmeide	...	Frau
Sandra Nedeleff	...	Jüdische Frau
Michael Brandner	...	Blockwart
Denis Behnke	...	Engl. pilot in briefing room
Oliver Moser	...	Junger Soldat (as Marc Oliver Moro)
Louis El Ghussein
Tomas Spencer	...	Mann
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Altenpohl
Harry Capehorn	...	Charly
Maria Ehrich
Lars Oostveen	...	Paul Slater (as Lawrence Ray)
Joachim Schweizer	...	Feuerwehrmann (as Joachim Schweizzer)
Karl Alexander Seidel	...	Junge - Robert Stiefel (as Alexander Seidel)

Directed by
Roland Suso Richter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stefan Kolditz		writer

Produced by
Nico Hofmann	....	producer
Nikolaus Kraemer	....	producer
Oliver Lüer	....	line producer
Jan Mojto	....	co-producer
Sascha Schwingel	....	producer

Original Music by
Harald Kloser
Thomas Wanker

Cinematography by
Holly Fink

Film Editing by
Bernd Schlegel

Casting by
Nina Haun

Production Design by
Thomas Stammer

Set Decoration by
Bernhard Henrich

Costume Design by
Lucia Faust

Makeup Department
Brigitte Dettling	....	makeup artist
Birger Laube	....	special makeup effects artist: dummies
Gerd Zeiss	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Elke Andreas-Möller	....	post-production supervisor
Felix Leitermann	....	unit manager
Sebastian Werninger	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sven Fehrensen	....	second assistant director
Hendrik Holler	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Christian Ehlert	....	lead set dresser
Marcus Haendgen	....	property master
Karina Lange	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Andreas Biegler	....	sound designer
Andreas Biegler	....	supervising sound editor
Stephan Fandrych	....	adr editor
Jo Fürst	....	foley artist
Michael Hinreiner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Zach Hunter	....	second boom operator
Benedikt Just	....	sound editor
Benedikt Just	....	sound effects editor
Michael Mitra	....	adr editor
Matthias Pasedag	....	sound engineer
Pierre Peters-Arnolds	....	adr director
Max Rammler-Rogall	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Michael Apling	....	special effects technician
Karl-Heinz Bochnig	....	special effects supervisor
Martin Gaskell	....	propmaking supervisor
Volker Lorig	....	special effects
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects technician
Niklas Voigt	....	special effects
Bernd Wildau	....	special effects foreman
Adolf Wojtinek	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Jörg Baier	....	compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Denis Behnke	....	visual effects supervisor
Michaela Braun	....	teamassistenz: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Alessandro Cioffi	....	compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Moritz Eiche	....	digital compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Ivo Klaus	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Nina Knott	....	visual effects project manager: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Jan Krupp	....	set supervisor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Sebastian Küchmeister	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Pieter Mentz	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Michel Mielke	....	Herstellungsleiter VFX: CA Scanline Prodcution GmbH
Andreas Nehls	....	modeling artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Paul Poetsch	....	compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Christian Pokorny	....	senior head of animation: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Michael Ralla	....	compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Julia Reinhard	....	compositing supervisor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Benjamin Ross	....	matte painter: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Johannes Saam	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Michael Scheffler	....	systems administrator: scan&record35
Heiko Sülberg	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Georg Wieland	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Bjoern Wortmann	....	video I/O: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Rainer Zöttl	....	3D artist: CA Scanline Production GmbH

Stunts
Jürgen Klein	....	stunt coordinator
Tanja Pelster	....	stunts: Steinmeier & Mohr
Siegfried Polap	....	stunt performer
Marc Sieger	....	stunt coordinator
Mac Steinmeier	....	stunts: Stuntteam Steinmeier/Mohr
Vanessa Wieduwilt	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Roger Altmann	....	best boy: Sachsen
Nicolay Gutscher	....	assistant camera
Sven O. Heinze	....	electrician: East Germany
Dirk Henkel	....	lighting assistant
Conny Klein	....	still photographer
Daniel Pauselius	....	electrician: East Germany
Florian Prinz	....	grip
Teja Schwede	....	additional clapper loader
Janosch Voss	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Burkhard Eick	....	casting: extras and bit parts
Delia Eick	....	casting: extras and bit parts
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Natalie Helgath	....	digital colorist

Music Department
David Brandstaetter	....	composer: additional score
Stefan Broedner	....	music supervisor
Thomas Wanker	....	composer: additional score

Other crew
Christopher Berg	....	project coordinator: ARRI
Dorothee Hufschmidt	....	production coordinator
Regine Otto	....	production assistant
Kai Siggelkow	....	set runner

Production Companies

• EOS Entertainment
• teamWorx Produktion für Kino und Fernsehen GmbH

Distributors

• Koch Vision (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Albatros Film (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Focus Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2006) (Romania) (all media)
• Vii Pillars Entertainment (2008) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (2006) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• CA Scanline Production
• StarCrest Media (additional makeup effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI München  color timing

Also Known As:

Dresden - das Inferno (Germany)
Dresde 1945, chronique d'un amour (France) [fr]
Dresden (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
Dresden - O Inferno (Brazil) [pt]
Dresden i lågor (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Dresden liekeissä (Finland) [fi]
Drezda - A pokol napjai (Hungary) (DVD title) [hu]

Runtime:

Germany:180 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-13 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

EOS Entertainment

Trivia:

The character of Simon Goldberg was based on diarist and professor Victor Klemperer.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In using stock footage to depict the wartime bombing of Europe, some of the footage, seen just before the scene where two British officers are arguing over the value of bombing German cities, shows a US B-29 Superfortress. Such bombers were never used in the European theatre of World War II - they were only used against Japan.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Neues aus der Anstalt: Jahresabschluss-Therapie (#1.10)" (2007)

great movie who made you understand history

I think a documentary about the bombing of Dresden would not have had the same effect. When you are taken along in a story and you start to identify with the people involved the impact of the Dresden bombardment makes you understand and you sure will remember it. I did not like the fact that the movie was totally in German on TV - well why had they chosen English actors for the English roles then. But I was very happy with the DVD now as here I got what I had expected and which made the whole movie more real. The English really spoke English and the English pilot had the English accent when speaking his role. I have seen Dresden in 1992 and I have seen it today with the newly built church. But born in 1970 I had not much of an idea of what really had happened during WW II there. This movie made me understand. And I really liked that it showed both sides - The German and The English.