Cleo
Marleen Lohse
Cleo by Erik Schmitt
DEU 2019, Generation
© Johannes Louis
Jeremy Mockridge, Marleen Lohse, Heiko Pinkowski, Max Mauff
Cleo by Erik Schmitt
DEU 2019, Generation
© Johannes Louis
Marleen Lohse, Jean Pütz, Peter Meinhardt
Cleo by Erik Schmitt
DEU 2019, Generation
© Janine Marold
Jeremy Mockridge, Marleen Lohse
Cleo by Erik Schmitt
DEU 2019, Generation
© Johannes Louis
Marleen Lohse
Cleo by Erik Schmitt
DEU 2019, Generation
© Johannes Louis
His ingenuity knows no bounds, and his use of original visual effects is as stunning as ever: following his short films Rhino Full Throttle and Berlin Metanoia, Erik Schmitt is back to present his first feature film at Generation, once again co-starring Berlin itself. The film plumbs the depths of the city’s soul, casually rewinding its eventful history all the way back to the Big Bang. The ghosts of Berlin’s legendary figures spout their wisdom, while Cleo tries desperately to reverse the misfortunes of her childhood. A treasure of mythological proportion promises the solution. Together with three quirky but loveable companions, Cleo sets off to find it, on a quest that takes her all over Berlin, back into time and deep into her own emotional world.
With
- Marleen Lohse (Cleo)
- Jeremy Mockridge (Paul)
- Gwendolyn Göbel (Cleo child)
- Heiko Pinkowski (Günni)
- Max Mauff (Zille)
Crew
| Director | Erik Schmitt |
| Screenplay | Stefanie Ren, Erik Schmitt |
| Cinematography | Johannes Louis |
| Editing | David J. Rauschning |
| Music | Johannes Repka |
| Sound Design | Paul Rischer |
| Sound | Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz |
| Sound Mixing | Valentin Finke |
| Production Design | Claudia Steinert |
| Costumes | Melina Scappatura |
| Make-Up | Virginie Thomann |
| Casting | Lisa Stutzky |
| Assistant Director | Mara Fiedler |
| Production Managers | John Pablo Elsner, Julia Golembiowski |
| Producer | Fabian Gasmia |
| Commissioning Editor | Jörg Schneider |
| Executive Producers | Urte Amelie Fink, Katja Lebedjewa |
World sales
Global Screen
Produced by
Film team, Maryanne Redpath
The film team with section head (top middle).
Cleo · Generation · Feb 08, 2019
Erik Schmitt, Fabian Gasmia
They stayed without an award, but still enjoyed themselves plenty: the director and the producer of the opening film in the competition of Generation Kplus.
Cleo · Generation · Feb 16, 2019
Erik Schmitt, Gwendolyn Göbel, Marleen Lohse, Jeremy Mockridge
The director with his cast at the opening of the competition Kplus.
Cleo · Generation · Feb 08, 2019
Marleen Lohse, Gwendolyn Göbel
The two actresses who embody the eponymous heroine.
Cleo · Generation · Feb 08, 2019
Marleen Lohse
The main actress jamming during the premiere of the film.
Cleo · Generation · Feb 08, 2019
Erik Schmitt
Born in Mainz, Germany in 1980. His debut feature film, Cleo, is the third of his works to screen in the Generation section. He won the German Short Film Award with Nun Sehen Sie Folgendes; overall his short films have won over 100 international festival and film prizes. In 2018, he founded the Seven Elephants production company with directors Julia von Heinz and David Falko Wnendt and producer Fabian Gasmia. He is currently working on the science fiction film Rebels.
Filmography
2011 Nun sehen Sie Folgendes; short film 2013 Nashorn im Galopp; short film 2014 Forever Over; short film 2015 Telekommando; short film 2016 Berlin Metanoia; short film 2017 The Santa Maria; short film 2019 Cleo
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019