Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert a...
Competition 2018
DEU/FRA/CHE 2018
by: Philip Gröning
Josef Mattes, Julia Zange
Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert a...
Competition 2018
DEU/FRA/CHE 2018
by: Philip Gröning
Josef Mattes, Julia Zange
Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert a...
Competition 2018
DEU/FRA/CHE 2018
by: Philip Gröning
Josef Mattes, Julia Zange
Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert a...
Competition 2018
DEU/FRA/CHE 2018
by: Philip Gröning
Josef Mattes, Julia Zange
Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert a...
Competition 2018
DEU/FRA/CHE 2018
by: Philip Gröning
Julia Zange, Josef Mattes
Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert a...
Competition 2018
DEU/FRA/CHE 2018
by: Philip Gröning
Philip Gröning
Feb 21, 2018Urs Jucker, Julia Zange
The actors at the Photo Call.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Susanne Wuest
The actress at the Photo Call.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Elda Guidinetti, Philipp Kreuzer
The co-producer and the producer at the Press Conference.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Philip Gröning
The director at the Press Conference.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Stefan Konarske
The actor at the Press Conference.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Julia Zange
Mojo.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Julia Zange
The actress in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Julia Zange
The actress on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Stefan Konarske
The actor in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Susanne Wuest
The actress on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Urs Jucker, Philip Gröning, Julia Zange, Stefan Konarske
The team on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Julia Zange
The main actress on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Karolina Porcari
The actress in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Julia Zange, Philip Gröning
At the premiere.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Julia Zange
The actress at the premiere.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 21, 2018Philip Gröning
The director at the premiere.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot
Feb 24, 2018Julia Zange
The actress in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot – Closing Gala
Feb 24, 2018Julia Zange
Competition – Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot – Closing Gala
E. Schlumberger (Producer). A. Pfäffli (Co-producer), Dr. C. Ackers (Commissioning Editor BR), P. Kreuzer, Dr. M. Esche (Producers), E. Guidinetti (Co-producer), P. Gröning (Director), J. Zange, U. Jucker, S. Konarske (Actors), A. Manasse (Production Design)
Moderation: Jenni Zylka
Press Conference at full lengthSummertime. In the midst of undulating cornfields next to a country petrol station, Robert is helping Elena prepare for her final school philosophy exam. These twins live in a world of their own. Sometimes they are tender to each other, other times quite violent. Robert likes to drink beer and talk about Brentano and Heidegger: ‘The sense of being is time.’ Certain rituals, games, and a love of betting connect them. Elena is jealous of her best friend and wants to know if Robert has slept with her but he’s not telling. She challenges him to a bet: ‘I’ll sleep with someone – anyone – before I graduate.’ If she loses, he gets the VW Golf. If she wins, he has to ask her for something. It doesn’t matter what, but it can’t be an object. And so they have 48 hours left in order to get their heads around philosophy and win a bet. Their game grows more serious as the end of their childhood draws nearer and nearer.
Philip Gröning describes a period of upheaval on the cusp of adulthood, in a film whose rhythm is determined by the twins’ subjective sense of time. This last summer together could go on forever. But the more they battle to become independent of each other, the more they lose themselves in their symbiotic relationship.
by
Philip Gröning
Germany / France / Switzerland 2018
German
174’ · Colour · 4K DCP, Dolby Atmos
World premiere
Josef Mattes (Robert)Julia Zange (Elena)Urs Jucker (Erich)Stefan Konarske (Adolf)Zita Aretz (Cecilia)Karolina Porcari (Teacher)Daniel Zillmann (Fat Man)Alicia Seyding (Partykid)Moritz Leu (Partykid)Patrizio Wiedermann (Partykid)Tom Gramez (Partykid)David Zimmerschied (1st Client)Vitus Zeplichal (2nd Client)
Born in 1959, he founded his own production company in 1986 while still studying at HFF Munich. He produces, writes and directs all his films and is also the cinematographer and editor on most of them. In 1992 his film Die Terroristen won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno. His documentary Die große Stille won awards including the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, the European Film Award and the German Film Critics’ Award. In 2013 Die Frau des Polizisten won the Special Jury Prize at Venice. He has taught at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2001 and has served on juries at numerous international festivals. He has been professor of directing at the Internationale Filmschule in Cologne since 2017.
Filmography1983 Das letzte Bild; documentary · Der Trockenschwimmer; short film 1986 Sommer 1988 Stachoviak!; short film 1992 Die Terroristen 1993 Opfer. Zeugen; documentary 2000 L'Amour, L'Argent, L'Amour 2005 Die große Stille; documentary 2013 Die Frau des Polizisten 2018 Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot (My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018
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