MICHA THINKS BIG
Film - New German TV Productions

MICHA THINKS BIG

Directed by Lars Jessen, Jan Georg Schütte

Info

Director: Lars Jessen, Jan Georg Schütte
Section: New German TV Productions
Country: Germany
Year: 2023
PT: MICHA DENKT GROSS
OT: MICHA DENKT GROSS
Language: German
Version: Original version
Cast: Charly Hübner, Natalia Rudziewicz, Jördis Triebel, Ulrich Brandhoff, Peter Kurth, Annett Sawallisch, Bärbel Schwarz, Jan Georg Schütte
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A world premiere: A comedy about a struggle over property and water.

It’s a hot, dry summer in Klein-Schappleben. Micha, a cocky video game designer, wants to turn his late parents’ dilapidated guesthouse into a luxury hotel and spa. The villagers are skeptical, even though Micha vociferously promises new jobs and prosperity. His plans, however, start to falter when the groundwater in the village dries up.

Show calendar
Photocredits: Thomas Leidig/ARD Degeto/MDR/Florida Film

Calendar

  • After the film: Q&A with Lars Jessen and Jan Georg Schütte

    ASTOR Astor Kino
  • After the film: Q&A with Lars Jessen

    HFF Audimax

Meet the director

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Lars Jessen, Jan Georg Schütte

Lars Jessen has directed episodes of TATORT and POLIZEIRUF 110; the TV movie JÜRGEN – HEUTE WIRD GELEBT (2017), honored with a Golden Camera; and five motion pictures, four of which were screened at the Berlinale.

Jan Georg Schütte’s FÜR IMMER SOMMER 90 (2021, co-directed with Lars Jessen) earned the Grimme-Preis and the German Television Award. He received the Grimme-Preis for writing and directing ALTERSGLÜHEN – SPEED DATING FÜR SENIOREN (2014).

Credits

Screenplay: Lars Jessen, Christian Riedel, Jan Georg Schütte, Charly Hübner
Director of Photography: Moritz Schultheiß
Film Editor: Benjamin Ickes
Composer: Jakob Ilja
Production Designer: Pouya Mirzaei
Costume Design: Anette Schröder
Sound: Volker Zeigermann
Sound design: Sascha Heiny
Make-up artist: Pia Karlotta Paprzik, Katharina Heep, Stella Gade
Casting director: Marion Haack
Producer: Maren Knieling, Lars Jessen, Cecile Heisler-Zigulla (Producer)
Production Company: Florida Film GmbH
Editor: Stefan Kruppa
TV channel: ARD Degeto Film GmbH