Sieben Monde (1998)

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 1998
Running Times: 96m
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Aspect Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

DIRECTION

Director: Peter Fratzscher

CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Avista Film/Pro 7/Roxy Film
Funding: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
Executive Producer: Michael Bütow
Producers: Gabriele Lohnert, Herbert Rimbach, Luggi Waldleitner, Andrea Willson
Line Producer: Alena Rimbach
Executive in Charge of Production: Uli Adomat
Production Manager: Ralph Brosche
Production Coordinator: Annette Schilling

SCRIPT
Script: Nils-Morten Osburg

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Frank Scharl
Script Girl: Sandra Barger

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Thomas Merker
Additional Photography Director of Photography: Matthias Maaß
2nd Unit Camera Operators: Arnd Frenger, Markus Dürr
Steadicam Operator: Andreas Bibl
Cinematography Trainees: Thilo Brunner
Assistant Camera: Christian Paschmann
Lighting Technicians: Armin Barkle, Bernadette Weinzierl, Kai-Uwe Dargusch, Reinhold Hahn, Rüdiger Hohn
Best Girl: Conny (real name: Cornelia Froboess)
Rigging Grips: Christian Eisele, Georg Probstl, Schorsch Bülling
Still Photographers: Andreas La Rose, Stefan Wildhirt
Video Technician: Armando Uebel
Lighting: Sparks Filmtechnik GmbH

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Barbara Gies
Assistant Editor: Jochen Retter
Trainee Editor: Lena Niskanen
Colour Timer: Jörg Eybl

MUSIC
Music: Ali N. Askin

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Max Rammler
Sound: Eckhard W. Kuchenbecker
Assistant Sound: Gunnar Voigt
Re-Recording Mixers (ARRI): Solweig Bores, Christof Ebhardt, Steffi Geißler, Ira Hetmanczyk, Peter Notz, Günther Prechtel, Marcel Spisak
Foley Artists: Hans W. Kramski, Andreas Schneider
Sound Post-Production: Arri

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Anke Winckler
Assistant Costume Designer: Ulrike Dumjahn
Make-up Artist: Julia Schlotke
Make-up Assistant: Oliver Rudolf

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make-up: Birger Laube

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Pyrotechnics: Heinz Ludwig

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: ARRI
CGI Artist: Matthias Menz

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles: Blow up Filmtechnik Karl Kresling GmbH

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Josef Sanktjohanser
Assistant Production Designer: Friederike von Quast
Production Design Trainee: Annette Barbara Becker
Prop Buyer: Mathias Faulmüller
Stand-by Props: Kathrin Schmidt

OTHER CREW
Production Secretary: Eva Danzl
Production Drivers: Jannot Borowski, Martin von Jan
Press Relations: Gudrun Horstmeier
Gardening Works: Andreas Just
Dog Trainer: Walter Kreipl
Caterers: Marlene de Plessis-Zotl, The Cape Maly Kitchen

LOCATIONS
Locations: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Location Manager: René Löw
Second Location Managers: Esther Berke, Mario Striehn
Trainee Location Manager: Andreas Hammerl

STUNTS
Stunts: Jürgen Pohl

CAST

Jan Josef Liefers (Thomas Krömer)
Marie Bäumer (Alexandra)
Ulrich Mühe (Eschbach)
Christoph Waltz (Becker)
Peter Lohmeyer (Graf)
Burkhard Driest (Lasinger)
Andreas Hoppe (Voss)
Horst Krause (Borregard)
Tilly Lauenstein (grandmother)
Michael Gwisdek (Bernbeck)
Hans Paetsch (preparator)
Christiane Roßbach (woman in clock shop)
Pekka Turunen (Herr Väänänen)
Alexander Liegl (drunken man)
Isabelle Schard (Uschi)
Claudia Burges (TV presenter)
Andrea Willson (lover from Finland)
Lilli Forgach (Annicki)
Alexander Wagner (Kalli)

PLOT SUMMARY

Thomas Krömer is investigating a series of werewolf-like killings when he makes a devastating discovery - all the clues to the killer's identity point to himself.

AVAILABILITY

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Buena Vista International (1998)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 16

AWARDS

1998
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, Spain
Best Film (Peter Fratzscher) - nominated

1999
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Peter Fratzscher) - nominated

Sweden Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden
Audience Award Best Feature (Peter Fratzscher) - winner

TIMELINE

1998
May
21: Germany - theatrical release

September
18: Canada - shown at the Toronto International Film Festival

December
4: Austria - theatrical release

1999
March
2: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

September
23: Sweden - shown at the Fantastisk Film Festival Lund

POSTER TAGS

Es war keine normale Nacht, und es war kein normaler Mord.

War es ein normaler Mensch?

Das Böse schläft nie.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Nachts
Night Time - English Canadian title

KEYWORDS

fairy tales, superstitions, werewolves

Last Updated: 8 January, 2010