Earthbound
Behind the scenes
Cast
Hannes Thannheiser ........... Franz Seeliger
Rüdiger Vogler ................................. Dr. Frank
Vera Tschechowa ....................... Hanna Frey
Hark Bohm .......................... senior physician
Peter Radtke ............................. man of glass
Alfred Edel .............................. circus director
Christian Dörmer .................... housemaster
Martin Abram ........................ young Seeliger
Gilbert Jakubczyk ......................... robot man
Alida Pisu .......................................... Liliputian
Werner Possardt .............................. reporter
Walter Gontermann .......................... jannitor
Stefanie Bertram .............. speech therapist
Angela Pisu .......................... music therapist
Horst D. Scheel ............ assistant physician
Pfarrer Auerbeck .................................. priest
Kurt Schöndeling ........................... door man
Anita Hübner ......................... geriatric nurse
Joachim Krutzmacher .................. volunteer
Karlheinz Schmidjell .... nazi era physician
Norbert Kerkhey ..................................... carer
Michael Kroescher ......................... aristocrat
Johanna Karl-Lory ..................... elderly lady
Marga-Maria Werny ................ prayer leader
Richard Berliner ........................ early retiree
Renate Köhler ................................. mayoress
Martha Ibach ................ president of charity
Anna Müller ..................................... journalist
Otto Weisheit ....................... solo entertainer
Alfred Weisheit ............................ stilt walker
Liane Weisheit .................................. Graziana
Dirk Ghadamgabi ........... circus performers
Fritz Gork ...........................circus performers
Detlef Stiegert ..................circus performers
Crew
Oliver Herbrich ... screenplay and director
Andreas Hamburger ................. screenplay
Ludolph Weyer .................. cinematography
Gerd Metz ........................... sound recording
Tobias Siemsen .............................set design
Gerald Damowski ........................ set design
Vaia Pangea ........................ costume design
Regina Hujer ......................... make up artist
Romy Schumann ................................ editing
Hannes Thanheiser ............................. music
Friedemann Schulz ...................... dialogues
Monika Bobzien .............. story contribution
Heike Hempel .................. assistant director
Susanne Graser.............................. continuity
Markus Stoffel .................. assitant 2nd unit
Thomas Jansen ............. assistant 2nd unit
Horst Scheel ....................... casting Cologne
Martina Cloos ....................... casting Munich
Ilse Holzrichter ...................... casting extras
Maria Jansen ......................... casting extras
Jan Betke ...........................assistant camera
Dirk Vossmerbäumer ......... ligthing design
Gregor Havenith ............ lighting technician
Bernd Mayer .................................... dolly grip
Stefan Morgenstern ....... still photography
Thomas Eichhorn ................. video operator
Sabine Hillmann ................ sound assistant
Beatrix Albl ................................... warderobe
Till Andreas ............................ standby props
Heike Pillemann ............. artwork drawings
Klaus Bucher...................... historical advice
Georg Kuch ....................... location manager
Ruth Küppers .................................... catering
Ulla Hiltl .............................................. catering
Andreas Herzog ............................. transport
Matthias Kratzenstein .................. transport
Stefan Hübner ............... transport 2nd unit
Uta Andreas ....................................... best girl
Peter Rinneburger ............................... stunts
Klaus Förster.......................................... stunts
Nicola Undritz ..................... assistant editor
Andreas Hofner .................................. sounds
Marion Tomasch .................. sound transfer
Mel Kutby ....................................... foley artist
Max Rammler ............... re-recording mixer
Peter Rosenwanger ................... title design
Mark Decker ................................. title design
H.G. Bergmann ........................ color grading
Calypso Film ............... production company
Oliver Herbrich
Filmproduktion .......... production company
Uwe Franke .............................. line producer
Werner Possardt ...... production manager
Oliver Herbrich ...........................co-producer
Gebhard Henke ............................... TV editor
Axel Unbescheid ..................... unit manager
Margot Knippel ......... production secretary
Anette Pisacane ........ production assistant
Petra Vonhausen ...... production assistant
Harald Willmanns ..................... legal advice
Andreas Herzog ......................... legal advice
Hans W. Penzer...... production accountant
Harald Kißling ........ production accountant
Leo Jahn ................................................ Trailer
Martin Dressel .......... public relation/press
Funding:
BMI Bundesministerium des Inneren
Filmbüro NRW
Wirtschaftsfördeung NRW
WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
Tech specs
Lenght ................................... 2.462m/90 min
Film ................. 35mm Eastman color & bw
Aspect ratio ......................................... 1: 1,66
Equipment .................................... Licht & Ton
Film lab ................................................ Hadeko
Digital scan ........................................... Berola
Color grading ................... Wolfgang Caspar
Music recording .................... Artman studio
Soundtrack ......................................... German
Subtitles ............................................... English
Rating (FSK) ...................16 years and older
Shot on location 08.1988 - 09.1988 in
Cologne, Eifel, Münsterland (North Rhine Westfalia)
Alternative title:
Erdenschwer (Germany)
Terra Terra (Italy)
Availability:
Print 35mm ComOpt, 16mm ComOpt
DCP, BluRay (digitally remastered in HD)
Festivals/Release
Premiere ............ Hof International Filmdays
28.10.1989
Cinema release ..11.03.1993 Munich
TV ...........................26.04.1992 WDR
30.01.1997 VOX
Distribution 35mm ...............Verleih der
Filmemacher
Non theatrical int. ................. Internationes,
Bonn
Home video ............................ Schauinsland,
Herne
Film evalaution rating
FBW ......................................... recommended
Awards:
Best screenplay .................. Imag Fic, Madrid
Best artistic contribution .. Europa Cinema
Viareggio
Prix de la federation int.del cineclub,
Figuera da Foz
Festivals:
Hof International Filmdays, Germany
Europa Cinema, Viareggio, Italy
Filmweek Herdeke, Germany
Week of East German Films, Leipzig, GDR
Berlin Int. Filmfest, Germany
6th Days of Independent Film, Augsburg,
Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New Yerk, USA
Filmshow Nuernberg, Germany
ImagFic, Madrid, Spain
Festival Int. del Cine, Figueira da Foz,
Portugal
Cologne Filmfest, Germany
14. Mostra International de Cinema
Sao Paulo, Brazil
26. Chicago Int. Film Festival, USA
West Virginia Filmfest, Charleston, USA
Week of European Films, Ankara, Turkey
Kairo Filmfestival, Kairo, Egypt
Literature:
Andreas Hamburger, Oliver Herbrich "Edrenschwer - Drehbuch", 1986 sowie 2018 (2. überarbeitete Auflage in der Fiction – Non Fiction Film Edition)
