Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen

1998 1h 34m DE

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 2

ComedyTV Movie

Synopsis

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Louisa has to struggle through life as a single mother with her children David and Julia. Her colleague and best friend Christa is also fed up with being alone and applies to be a contestant on a TV "single addicted to singles" show. But Christa is too excited, so Louisa stands in for her and actually wins a weekend with the successful music producer Markus Fischer. But the weekend flirtation has blatant consequences ...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Claudia Messner
Louisa
Herbert Knaup
Markus
Katharina Müller-Elmau
Christa
Jürgen Tarrach
Paul
Maximilian Häusler
Sophie Pflügler
Michael Hanemann
Thomas Meinhardt

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anno Saul
Writers: Kit Hopkins
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anno Saul, shot by Hans Grimmelmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Torsten Breuer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Melanie Werwie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Claudia Messner and Herbert Knaup and Katharina Müller-Elmau carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0155558 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Anno Saul directs. Hans Grimmelmann behind the camera. Torsten Breuer scores. Melanie Werwie cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Anno Saul, shot by Hans Grimmelmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Torsten Breuer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Melanie Werwie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Claudia Messner and Herbert Knaup and Katharina Müller-Elmau carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0155558 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.