German Newsletter

Esteemed clients, dear friends of ARRI,

Enclosed, please find the most recent edition of the ARRI Film & TV newsletter, this time to announce the first big screen adventure of the world's most famous friends. Fünf Freunde is based on the eponymous series of children's novels by Enid Blyton and directed by Mike Marzuk, who added laughs and upped the ante.

Tage die bleiben, from writer/director Pia Strietmann, who approached this unusual film about grieving with unexpected lightness and humor, is also coming to theaters this Thursday.

And so is the comedy Berlin Kaplani from Turkish director Hakan Algül. The film follows the life of boxer and bodyguard Ayhan, who's hoping for a miracle that will end his misery. 



We hope you enjoy reading more about these films!

All the best,

Angela Reedwisch and Josef Reidinger

OPENING IN GERMAN THEATERS ON JANUARY 26, 2012: FÃœNF FREUNDE

Director: Mike Marzuk Screenplay: Peer Klehmet, Sebastian Wehlings Novel: Enid Blyton DoP: Bernhard Jasper Editor: Tobias Haas Production Company: SamFilm German Distributor: Constantin Film Verleih DI-Producer: Andreas Mummert DI Colorist: Manfred Turek VFX Producer: Nina Knott Set VFX Supervisor: Hilmar Petersen VFX Supervisor: David Laubsch Title Design: Lutz Lemke Project Coordinator Sound: Henry Mayr Re-Recording Mixer: Tschangis Chahrokh   ARRI Services: On Set Services (Digital Rushes & Webgate), Digital Intermediate, VFX, Title Design, Sound, TV Postproduction, Digital Cinema Mastering, Lab

With Fünf Freunde Director Mike Marzuk and producers Andreas Ulmke-Smeaton and Ewa Karlström continue their successful collaboration, which previously included Rock it! and Sommer. Now that Enid Blyton's well known series of children's novels has been updated and adapted, the friends are ready to take over the big screen. Fünf Freunde is produced by SamFilm. Constantin is releasing the film in Germany.

Once again SamFilm chose to rely on the ARRI Team, entrusting ARRI Film & TV with the film's postproduction, including on-set services (Digital Rushes & Webgate), Digital Intermediate (DI-Producer: Andreas Mummert; DI Colorist: Manfred Turek), visual effects (VFX Producer: Nina Knott; Set VFX Supervisor: Hilmar Petersen; VFX Supervisor: David Laubsch), title design (Lutz Lemke), sound (Project Coordinator Sound: Henry Mayr; Re-Recording Mixer: Tschangis Chahrokh), TV postproduction, digital cinema mastering as well as the lab work.

Left: The friends are searching the spy's room: George (Valeria Eisenbart), Julian (Quirin Oettl), Anne (Neele Marie Nickel) and Dick (Justus Schlingensiepen); Right: The children ask Officers Hansen (Johann von Bülow) and Peters (Armin Rohde) for help. © 2011 Constantin Film Verleih

For the first time the five friends, George (Valeria Eisenbart), Julian (Quirin Oettl), Dick (Justus Schlingensiepen), Anne (Neele Marie Nickel) and Timmy, the dog, are spending their vacation together and it is quickly turning into quite the adventure. During a beach excursion, they make an astonishing discovery in a cave used by bootleggers. They immediately realize that George's dad, Quentin (Michael Fitz), a famous inventor, is in grave danger! The professor has set up a lab on a rugged island to work on a new method to generate power. Someone, however, seems to be after his valuable research findings. But neither the police officers, Peters and Hansen (Armin Rohde and Johann von Bülow), nor George's mother, Fanny (Anja Kling), believe the children. That's why the five friends themselves set out to track down the culprits. The trail leads to two suspicious filmmakers (Alwara Höfels and Elyas M'Barek) who make films about animals and a mysterious man (Anatole Taubman) who claims to be a spy. Finally, the five friends discover a secret passage below the sea leading right to the island, where they uncover a staggering conspiracy.

OPENING IN GERMAN THEATERS JANUARY 26, 2012: TAGE DIE BLEIBEN

Writer/Director: Pia Strietmann DoP: Stephan Vorbrugg Editor: Sandy Saffeels, Denis Bachter Production Company: Toccata Film German Distributor: alpha medienkontor DI Producer: Alex Klippe DI Colorist: Manfred Turek     ARRI Services: Lab Work, Digital Intermediate, TV Postproduction, Digital Cinema Package ARRI Rental: Camera Equipment

In her film Tage die bleiben writer/director Pia Strietmann tells us with great tenderness and a subtle dose of humor about a regular family confronted with an unusual situation: getting through the days between the death and the funeral of a loved one. The film was produced by Sven Nuri and Fritz Böhm (Toccata Film), who met Pia Strietmann and DoP Stephan Vorbrugg in film school, the Filmhochschule in Munich. alpha medienkontor is distributing the film in Germany.

On behalf of Toccata Film, ARRI Film & TV completed the lab work and TV postproduction and created the digital cinema package. ARRI Rental provided the camera equipment.

Left behind: Father Christian (Götz Schubert), son Lars (Max Riemelt) and the pubescent daughter, Elaine (Mathilde Bundschuh). © 2011 alpha medienkontor

Christian Dewenter loses his wife unexpectedly in a car accident. For the first time the philandering husband, the estranged son and the pubescent daughter are forced to act like a family. As each of them struggles with their own feelings, they fail to allow themselves to grieve together. Meanwhile, they are confronted with a host of challenges, such as choosing the right coffin, deciding who should get the stamps for the funeral announcements and, most importantly, how to keep up the lies they've been telling all their lives at a time when everything comes to the surface.


In Tage die bleiben a family comes at once apart and together during the few days when life is revealed in all its absurdity, making us cry and laugh - sometimes at the same time.

OPENING IN GERMAN THEATERS JANUARY 26, 2012: BERLIN KAPLANI

Director: Hakan Algül Screenwriter: Ata Demirer DoP: Gokhan Atilmis Editor: Mustafa Gökçen Production Company: BKM Film German Distributor: Kinostar     ARRI Services: Lab Work ARRI Rental: Camera Equipment

The comedy Berlin Kaplani from Director Hakan Algül was produced by BKM Film. Kinostar is bringing the film to German theaters.

BKM entrusted ARRI Film & TV with the lab work. ARRI Rental provided the production with the camera equipment.

Boxer Ayhan (Ata Demirel) and his coach, Cemal (Tarik Ünlüoglu), are hoping for a miracle © 2012 Kinostar

Ayhan Kaplan is a Turkish citizen who earns his living as a boxer and bodyguard in Berlin. Life's not a bed of roses for Ayhan (Ata Demirer) or his trainer Cemal (Tarık Ãœnlüoğlu). Their greatest desire is for a miracle to come their way. Berlin Kaplani is based on the chance of a possible miracle.