Grill Point (Halbe Treppe)
TITLE
Grill Point (Halbe Treppe)
DIRECTOR
Andreas Dresen
COUNTRY
Germany
YEAR
2002
DURATION
107′
GENRE
Comedy, Drama
Grill Point (Halbe Treppe)
Two couples, each married for quite a long time, live in a small East German town. The film focuses on the relationships between each of the four people and what happens when an affair takes place between two of them who are not married to each other and logically betraying the two remaining characters. This event leads to deep thoughts about marriage, friendship, relationships, and life itself.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Andreas Dresen
Andreas Dresen was born in Gera, East Germany, in 1963. He initially worked as a sound engineer for the Schwerin Theater, before he studied directing at the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He began working as a screenwriter and director in 1992. His debut film, Stilles Land, took the 1993 Berlin Film Festival by storm. Dresen is known for his work using cast improvisation instead of a script. His breakthrough in this respect was his film Halbe Treppe. All his films have received prestigious international prizes. His tragicomic movie Sommer vorm Balkon captures the story of two single girlfriends who are seeking love. It won major awards, such as Best Script for Wolfgang Kohlhaase (53rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2005) and the Silver Hugo Award for leading actresses Nadja Uhl and Inka Friedrich (41st Chicago International Film Festival, 2005). His film, Wolke 9, about a love triangle among elderly people, was an international sensation and was nominated for the 2008 European Film Academy Award. Andreas Dresen is also known as a theater director and has worked at the Cottbus Theater and Deutsches Theater in Berlin. His production of Kasimir and Karoline, for example, premiered in May 2006. In February 2006 he also made his debut as an opera director at the Theater Basel in Switzerland with Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Dresen is one of Germany's most successful filmmakers. In 2013, he was a member of the jury at the Berllin International Film Festival. He lives in Potsdam.
- DirectorAndreas Dresen
- Screenplay
- Cinematography Michael Hammon
- Cast
- Editing Jörg Hauschild
- Producer/s Peter Rommel
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleSilent Country (Stilles Land)
- Project TypeComedy, Drama
- Completion Date January 1, 2002
- Country of originGermany
- Country of filmingGermany
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Andreas Dresen
Andreas Dresen was born in Gera, East Germany, in 1963. He initially worked as a sound engineer for the Schwerin Theater, before he studied directing at the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He began working as a screenwriter and director in 1992. His debut film, Stilles Land, took the 1993 Berlin Film Festival by storm. Dresen is known for his work using cast improvisation instead of a script. His breakthrough in this respect was his film Halbe Treppe. All his films have received prestigious international prizes. His tragicomic movie Sommer vorm Balkon captures the story of two single girlfriends who are seeking love. It won major awards, such as Best Script for Wolfgang Kohlhaase (53rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2005) and the Silver Hugo Award for leading actresses Nadja Uhl and Inka Friedrich (41st Chicago International Film Festival, 2005). His film, Wolke 9, about a love triangle among elderly people, was an international sensation and was nominated for the 2008 European Film Academy Award. Andreas Dresen is also known as a theater director and has worked at the Cottbus Theater and Deutsches Theater in Berlin. His production of Kasimir and Karoline, for example, premiered in May 2006. In February 2006 he also made his debut as an opera director at the Theater Basel in Switzerland with Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Dresen is one of Germany's most successful filmmakers. In 2013, he was a member of the jury at the Berllin International Film Festival. He lives in Potsdam.
