ABOVE BARBAROSSAPLATZ
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ABOVE BARBAROSSAPLATZ

Directed by Jan Bonny

Info

Director: Jan Bonny
Section: New German TV Movies
Country: Germany
Year: 2015
PT: ÜBER BARBAROSSAPLATZ
OT: ÜBER BARBAROSSAPLATZ
Language: German
Version: Original version
Cast: Bibiana Beglau, Joachim Król, Franziska Hartmann, Shenja Lacher
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

ABOVE BARBAROSSAPLATZ

Psychotherapist Greta Charmeni is in a difficult phase of her life after the suicide of her husband Rainer, who was also her partner in her medical practice. She feels guilt over Rainer's death, and important decisions lie ahead in her professional life. She isn't sure what to do with her husband's patients, especially when Stephanie Wagner comes to see her: The young woman is addicted to rough sex and lets herself be humiliated by the men she is with, only to despise herself so much afterwards that she cuts herself. Greta feels Stephanie is not ready for therapy. Then she learns of the close relationship that apparently existed between Stefanie and her husband. Greta asks her former psychology teacher and analyst Benjamin Mahler for help, who was also Rainer's supervisor...

Meet the director

ABOVE BARBAROSSAPLATZ

Jan Bonny

Jan Bonny was born in Düsseldorf 1979, and studied directing at Cologne Media Art Academy from 2001 to 2006. His family drama GEGENÜBER (2007) screened in Cannes, at the Berlinale and numerous other festivals. He also shoots commercials for various agencies.

Credits

Screenplay: Hannah Hollinger
Director of Photography: Hubert Schick
Film Editor: Olaf Strecker
Composer: Caroline Kox, Antonio de Luca, Lucas Croon
Production Designer: Ina Timmerberg
Costume Design: Ulrike Scharfschwerdt
Sound: Matthias Fuchs
Producer: Christina Voss-Michalke
Production Company: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Editor: Gebhard Henke
TV channel: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)