Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Alexander Scheer, Meltem Kaptan
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen
DEU, FRA 2022, Competition
© Andreas Hoefer / Pandora Film

Alexander Scheer, Meltem Kaptan
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen
DEU, FRA 2022, Competition
© Luna Zscharnt / Pandora Film
With
- Meltem Kaptan (Rabiye Kurnaz)
- Alexander Scheer (Bernhard Docke)
- Charly Hübner (Marc Stocker)
- Nazmi Kirik (Mehmet)
- Sevda Polat (Nuriye)
- Abdullah Emre Öztürk (Murat)
- Şafak Şengül (Fadime)
- Jeanette Spassova (Secretary Koslowa)
- Abak Safaei-Rad (Wiebke)
- Alexander Hörbe (Wolfgang)
Crew
Director | Andreas Dresen |
Screenplay | Laila Stieler |
Cinematography | Andreas Höfer |
Editing | Jörg Hauschild |
Music | Johannes Repka, Cenk Erdoğan |
Sound Design | Oswald Schwander |
Sound | Ralf Krause, Peter Schmidt |
Sound Mixing | Ralf Krause |
Production Design | Susanne Hopf |
Costumes | Birgitt Kilian |
Make-Up | Grit Kosse, Uta Spikermann |
Casting | Karen Wendland |
Assistant Director | Claudia Beewen |
Line Producer | Fee Buck |
Producers | Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel |
Commissioning Editors | Christian Granderath, Cooky Ziesche, Carlos Gerstenhauer, Annette Strelow, Andreas Schreitmüller, Olivier Père, Rémi Burah |
Co-Producers | Andreas Dresen, Andreas Leusink, Tom Dercourt |
Co-Production |
Iskremas Filmproduktion Berlin Cinéma Defacto Paris NDR Hamburg rbb Berlin BR München Radio Bremen Bremen Arte Straßburg Arte France Cinéma Paris |
World sales
The Match Factory
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Produced by
Pandora Film Produktion

Andreas Dresen, Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer
The film team joyfully greeting each other on the Red Carpet.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 10, 2022

Alexander Scheer
The protagonist pensive at the Opening Gala.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 10, 2022

Group Photo
The film team and the Berlinale Directors at the premiere of the film.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Karim Aïnouz, Anne Zohra Berrached, M. Night Shyamalan, Saïd Ben Saïd
A part of the International Jury at the premiere.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Andreas Dresen, Laila Stieler, Christoph Friedel, Paz Lázaro
The screenwriter is being applauded at the Press Conference.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Connie Nielsen
The jury member arriving at the premiere.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Bernhard Docke, Rabiye Kurnaz, Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer
The two actors (right) with the real life persons they are depicting in the film.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Meltem Kaptan
The comedienne, author and presenter was praised for her acting.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Andreas Dresen
Chit chatting at the Red Carpet.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Connie Nielsen
The member of the International Jury on the Red Carpet.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022

Meltem Kaptan
The actor who won the Silver Bear for the Best Leading Performance at the award ceremony.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Feb 16, 2022

Laila Stieler
The screenwriter who won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay with her trophy at the Photo Call.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Screenplay · Feb 16, 2022

Meltem Kaptan
The winner of the Silver Bear for the Best Leading Performance presents her trophy for the photographers.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Feb 16, 2022

Laila Stieler
The winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Award Ceremony.
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Screenplay · Feb 16, 2022

Meltem Kaptan
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Feb 16, 2022

Meltem Kaptan
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022
© Jens Koch

Alexander Scheer
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022
© Jens Koch

Andreas Dresen
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush · Competition · Feb 12, 2022
© Jens Koch
Claudia Steffen, Alexander Scheer, Meltem Kaptan, Andreas Dresen, Laila Stieler, Christoph Friedel
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 12, 2022
Press Conference at full length
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 12, 2022
Andreas Dresen

Born in Gera, Germany in 1963, he gained his first practical film experience as an assistant director at DEFA. He subsequently studied directing at the University of Film & Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg and, since 1992, has been a writer and director of film, theatre and opera. His film Grill Point was a worldwide success and won awards including the Silver Bear at the 2002 Berlinale. In 2011, Stopped on Track won the “Un Certain Regard” award at Cannes. Gundermann was released in cinemas in 2018 and won six German Film Awards including Best Film. Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush is his fourth film to screen in the Berlinale Competition.
Filmography (selection)
1992 Stilles Land 1997 Raus aus der Haut 1999 Nachtgestalten (Night Shapes) 2000 Die Polizistin 2002 Halbe Treppe (Grill Point) 2003 Herr Wichmann von der CDU (Vote for Henryk!); documentary 2004 Willenbrock 2005 Sommer vorm Balkon 2008 Wolke 9 (Cloud 9) · Whisky mit Wodka 2011 Halt auf freier Strecke (Stopped on Track) 2012 Herr Wichmann aus der dritten Reihe (Henryk from the Back Row); documentary 2014 Als wir träumten (As We Were Dreaming) 2017 Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen (The Boy Who Sold His Laughter) 2018 Gundermann 2022 Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022