Das Leben ist kein Kindergarten

2020 1h 29m DE

Comedy

Synopsis

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While his wife Juliana commutes to Zurich as a doctor, Freddy is at home in Constance looking after their 13-year-old daughter Zoë and little Niko. Freddy believes that dropping out of medical school to work as a nursery teacher is the best decision of his life. When Juliana is offered the position of head of pediatric oncology, she wants to move to Zurich with the whole family. For her, this would mean an end to the exhausting commute, finally more time with her family and a higher income. Freddy, however, doesn't want to leave his familiar surroundings. Even he is not entirely without ambition in his poorly paid job, because Freddy has his own educational ideas - and has the prospect.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Oliver Wnuk
Freddy
Meike Droste
Juliana
Franziska Wulf
Lara Müller
Peter Prager
Fritz
Karl von Klot
Nikolas
Sophie Reiling
Zoe
Luise Hetmanczyk
Lisa Leinert
Amelie Kiefer
Franziska Leinert

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katja Benrath
Writers: Oliver Wnuk
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Life is not Kindergarten Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Katja Benrath, shot by Tomas Erhart. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Oliver Wnuk and Meike Droste and Franziska Wulf carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11594108 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Katja Benrath directs. Tomas Erhart behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 6 years ago.
3Part of the "Life is not Kindergarten Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Katja Benrath, shot by Tomas Erhart. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Oliver Wnuk and Meike Droste and Franziska Wulf carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt11594108 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.