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Film - New German Cinema

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Directed by Irene von Alberti

Info

Director: Irene von Alberti
Section: New German Cinema
Country: Germany
Year: 2024
PT: DIE GESCHÜTZTEN MÄNNER
OT: DIE GESCHÜTZTEN MÄNNER
Language: German
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Britta Hammelstein, Mavie Hörbiger, Yousef Sweid, Bibiana Beglau, Godehard Giese, Sina Martens
12+

Logline

A world premiere: A biting political satire about power, oppression, and sexual stereotypes.

Ecology, equality, sustainability: Anita and Sarah pursue lofty political goals as they establish a new feminist party. By contrast, the men who are infected by a new type of virus tend to have less honorable intentions. The consequences: sexual obsession, molestation, and death. Urgent effort is put into developing a vaccine. But should the male sex be saved at all?

Show calendar
Photocredits: Filmgalerie 451, Director's Photo: ReneĢ Fietzek/Filmgalerie451

Calendar

  • (only P&I)
    HFF Kino 1
  • After the film: Q&A with Irene von Alberti and team

    Sendlinger Tor
  • After the film: Q&A with Irene von Alberti

    City 1
  • After the film: Q&A with Irene von Alberti and Karim Sebastian Elias

    HFF Kino 1

Meet the director

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Irene von Alberti

Irene von Alberti, born in Stuttgart in 1963, worked as a freelance camera assistant and directed music videos while pursuing a degree in engineering. She attended the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) from 1988 to 1992. At her production company, Filmgalerie 451, she produces motion pictures and directs films such as THE LONG SUMMER OF THEORY (FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2017).

Credits

Screenplay: Irene von Alberti
Original Material: Robert Merle
Director of Photography: Constantin Campean
Film Editor: Patricia Rommel
Composer: Karim Sebastian Elias
Production Designer: Sylvester Koziolek, Mirko Rachor (Art Director)
Costume Design: Aino Laberenz
Sound: Rainer Gerlach
Sound design: Rainer Gerlach, Matthias Schwab
Make-up artist: Julia Böhm
Casting director: Ulrike Müller
Producer: Frieder Schlaich
Production Company: Filmgalerie 451
World Sales: The Playmaker Munich - A brand of B.A. Produktion GmbH
TV channel: ZDF / Arte