A film by Lisa Bierwirth. "Le Prince"celebrated its world premiere in competition at Karlovy Vary International Filmfestival 2021
In the midst of the notorious Frankfurter Bahnhofsviertel, two people encounter who could not be more different: Monika, mid-40s, works as a curator and is therefore part of the city’s art- and culture scene. As she unexpectedly gets into a police raid, she encounters Joseph, a Congolese businessman looking for investors for a diamond mine in Congo and who keeps afloat by doing some Import/Export-deals every now and then. Eventually, their brief encounter results in an intense love story. But while both of them believe their relationship to be strong enough to stand against the influence of prejudices, mistrust slowly arises between the two of them, until their relationship becomes a battleground of postcolonial conflicts. Eventually, they will have to ask themselves if it’s actually possible, to love at eye level?
A Komplizen Film production (Germany) in co-production with ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel. Funded by die Bauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Hessen Film und Medien, Deutsche Filmförderungsanstalt, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Script Development Funded by BKM.
Monika
Ursula Strauss
Joseph
Passi Balende
Ambara
Nsumbo Tango Samuel
Ursula
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Peter
Alex Brendemühl
Michael Schmidt-Fournier
Hanns Zischler
Douglas
Douglas Gordon
Directed by
Lisa Bierwirth
Screenplay
Hannes Held
Lisa Bierwirth
Director of Photography
Jenny Lou Ziegel
Editing
Bettina Böhler
Production Design
Marie-Luise Balze
Costume Design
Sandra Ernst
Make Up
Dörte Dobkowitz
Casting
Ulrike Müller
Katrin Vorderwülbecke
Sound Recordist
Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
Sound Design
Kai Tebbel
Commissioning Editor
Claudia Tronnier (ZDF-Das kleine Fernsehspiel)
Producers
Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Crystal Globe Competition 2021
German Screenplay Award
Nominated for Best Unfilmed Screenplay 2019
Deutscher Filmpreis
Nominated for Best Actress: Ursula Strauss 2022
Hessischer Filmpreis
Best Feature 2021
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Independent Film - SIGNIS Award 2022
Ecrans Noirs Film Festival
Ecrans du film étranger 2022
Festival of German Films Paris 2021
Opening Film
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2021
Open Horizons
Cairo International Film Festival 2021
World Cinema
Dublin International Film Festival 2021
World Cinema
Buenos Aires Int. Film Festival of Independent Film 2022
International Competition
Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival 2021
Moscow German Film Festival
Santiago International Film Festival Chile 2022
International Competition
Filmfest Prag 2022
Beziehungsweise
Filmkunstfest Schwerin 2021
