A MAN UNDER SUSPICION
Film - New German TV Movies Filmfest 2016

A MAN UNDER SUSPICION

Directed by Thomas Stuber

Info

Director: Thomas Stuber
Section: New German TV Movies
Country: Germany
Year: 2015
PT: EIN MANN UNTER VERDACHT
OT: EIN MANN UNTER VERDACHT
Language: German
Version: Original version
Cast: Mark Waschke, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Deborah Kaufmann, Aljosha Lange, Peter Kurth, Annika Kuhl
18+

Logline

A MAN UNDER SUSPICION

Anja Altmann disappears two days after her birthday party and a big fight with her husband Thomas. When the police ring Thomas‘ doorbell, family attorney and friend Lavinia Bertok manage to dispel any suspicions. But soon Thomas is arrested all the same. While the rest of the Altmann family start hurling accusations and recriminations at each other, Anja allegedly surfaces in Spain, raising a strange suspicion against Lavinia.

Meet the director

A MAN UNDER SUSPICION

Thomas Stuber

Thomas Stuber was born in Leipzig, former East Germany, in 1981. Before enrolling in the directing dept. of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2004, he worked in the film industry as intern and continuity assistant. His 60-minute student film TEENAGE ANGST screened at the 2008 Berlinale in the Perspective German Cinema sidebar. His graduating film VON HUNDEN UND PFERDEN (2011) won the German Short Film Prize and the Student Oscar in Silver. His first dramatic feature HERBERT about an ex-boxer who falls ill was released theatrically 2016.

Credits

Screenplay: Stefan Kolditz
Director of Photography: Moritz Schultheiß
Film Editor: Lars Jordan
Composer: Bert Wrede
Production Designer: Anette Kuhn
Costume Design: Rike Russig
Sound: Matthias Richter
Producer: Uli Aselmann, Sonja Zimmerschitt
Production Company: die film gmbh
Editor: Günther van Endert
TV channel: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)