Dreileben
Directed by:
Christian PetzoldCinematography:
Michael WieswegComposer:
Stefan WillCast:
Jacob Matschenz, Luna Mijović, Vijessna Ferkic, Kirsten Block, Rainer Bock, Stefan Kurt, Jeanette Hain, Frank Kessler, Deniz Petzold, Florian Bartholomäi (more)Plots(1)
In the summer of 2006, film directors Dominik Graf, Christian Petzold and Christoph Hochhäusler began corresponding with each other on the subjects of film aesthetics, the Berlin School, Germany and the film genre (their correspondence was published in German film magazine "Revolver"). Two years later they decided to continue this theoretical discussion with a joint film project: three individual stories revolving around the same "fait divers": the escape of a convicted criminal from police custody. Graf's Komm mir nicht nach tells the story of a police psychologist who meets old acquaintances while investigating a case. In Petzold's Etwas Besseres als den Tod a young man doing alternative national service experiences a love story without a future. And in Christoph Hochhäusler's Eine Minute Dunkel an indefatigable policeman hunting the escaped prisoner begins to doubt false certainties. Three films, three styles, three exciting approaches, variations, analyses. German television stations made this all possible. As Dominik Graf wrote: "... this work vis-à-vis mainstream TV, at its edges, in contradiction to and yet, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, in commentary on that mainstream – I find and have always found this to be extremely creative." (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Jacob Matschenz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/913/164913271_5a3009.png)
Jacob Matschenz
East Germany
Best series:
Babylon Berlin (2017) (series)
Charité (2017) (series)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
![Luna Mijović](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275352_431560.jpg)
Luna Mijović
Yugoslavia
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
![Vijessna Ferkic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/310/160310828_107d46.jpg)
Vijessna Ferkic
West Germany
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Morden im Norden (2012) (series)
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996) (series)
![Kirsten Block](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/189/169189119_6a2jna.jpg)
Kirsten Block
East Germany
Best series:
Deutschland 86 (2018) (series)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Rainer Bock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/018/366/18366256_4081f2.jpg)
Rainer Bock
West Germany
Best series:
Better Call Saul (2015) (series)
Homeland (2011) (series)
1864 (2014) (series)
![Stefan Kurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/589/160589455_95cca0.jpg)
Stefan Kurt
Switzerland
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Allmen (2017) (series)
Bella Germania (2019) (series)
![Jeanette Hain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/722/163722255_d6faa8.png)
Jeanette Hain
West Germany
Best series:
Babylon Berlin (2017) (series)
Luden (2023) (series)
The Eagle (2004) (series)
![Frank Kessler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/533/159533445_2aeed0.jpg)
Frank Kessler
West Germany
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz (2000) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Deniz Petzold
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
![Florian Bartholomäi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/731/168731541_yjjtes.jpg)
Florian Bartholomäi
West Germany
Best series:
The Missing (2014) (series)
Deutschland 83 (2015) (series)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Kristof Gerega
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Turkish for Beginners (2006) (series)
SOKO Leipzig (2001) (series)
Philipp Oehme
East Germany
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Verbotene Liebe (1995) (series)
Schloss Einstein (1998) (series)
![Konstantin Frolov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/672/160672547_1ee452.jpg)
Konstantin Frolov
Soviet Union
Best series:
Homeland (2011) (series)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Der Kriminalist (2006) (series)
![Thomas Fränzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335383_928b8b.jpg)
Thomas Fränzel
East Germany
Best series:
Doctor's Diary - Männer sind die beste Medizin (2008) (series)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Eberhard Kirchberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/105/161105392_d45f24.jpg)
Eberhard Kirchberg
East Germany
Best series:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Der Kriminalist (2006) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)