Bungalow
Ulrich Köhler’s first film already explores the themes he has extensively revisited in subsequent works: disorientated people alienated from their own families, on the search for stability; and rebels prepared to risk everything to avoid getting stuck in the rut of conventional social expectations and connect instead with their true selves. An intensely laconic tale of existential turmoil.
With
- Lennie Burmeister (Paul)
- Devid Striesow (Max)
- Trine Dyrholm (Lene)
- Nicole Gläser (Kerstin)
- Jörg Malchow (Stefan)
- Maria Hagewald (Dunja)
- Frank Breitenreiter (Frank)
- Steffen Münster (Teacher)
- Michael Abendroth (Cigarette Man)
- Frederic Neurath (Arne)
- Helke Sander (Couple at the Railway Station)
- Lou Castel (Couple at the Railway Station)
- Walter Zimmermann (Innkeeper)
- Dirk Jansen (Truck Driver)
Crew
Director | Ulrich Köhler |
Screenplay | Ulrich Köhler, Henrike Goetz |
Cinematography | Patrick Orth |
Camera Assistant | Ute Freund, Carol Burandt von Kameke |
Editing | Gergana Vogt |
Sound | Johannes Grehl |
Sound Editing | Thomas Knop |
Sound Mixing | Pierre Brand |
Art Director | Silke Fischer |
Costumes | Birgit Kilian |
Make-Up | Antje Holzapfel |
Assistant Director | Lars Henning |
Production Manager | Sabina Doerr |
Location Manager | Nicolas Reichelt |
Producers | Peter Stockhaus, Tobias Büchner |
Commissioning Editor | Christian Cloos |
Co-Production | ZDF Mainz |
World sales
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Ulrich Köhler
Born in Marburg, Germany in 1969, between 1989 and 1991 he studied art in Quimper in France, followed by philosophy in Hamburg and then visual communication at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, where he received his degree in 1998. He also made his short films there. His feature films Bungalow (2002) and Montag kommen die Fenster (Windows on Monday, 2006) screened at numerous festivals and won prizes both in Germany and abroad. Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness) premiered in the 2011 Competition where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director. His film In My Room screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
2002 Bungalow; Panorama 2006 Montag kommen die Fenster; Forum 2011 Schlafkrankheit; Competition 2018 In My Room
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019