Mein Blind Date mit dem Leben (2017)
Für den jungen Saliya scheint eigentlich alles wie am Schnürchen zu laufen, denn schließlich hat er gerade alle Prüfungen bestanden und das Abitur eingetütet. Dabei verschweigt er konsequent, dass er fast blind ist, was aber offenbar kein Problem für ihn ist, solange er sich mit dem Handicap erfolgreich durchs Leben mogelt. Tatsächlich ergattert er sogar einen Job in einem Luxus-Hotel in München und keiner seiner Kollegen ahnt auch nur das Geringste. Nur sein Kumpel Max erkennt eines Tages, das etwas mit Saliya nicht stimmt und greift ihm deshalb unter die Arme. Während alle anderen ihren Feierabend genießen, üben die beiden Freunde zum Beispiel die einfachsten Handschläge, bis er sie sprichwörtlich „blind“ beherrscht. Doch als er dann Laura kennenlernt und sich in sie verliebt, kommt Saliya in unvorhersehbare Situationen, die er nicht mehr so routiniert kontrollieren kann. Sein Leben droht, komplett aus den Fugen zu geraten…
Der Regisseur:
Marc Rothemund
Die Autor:
Ruth Toma, Oliver Ziegenbalg.
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Kostja Ullmann as Saliya Kahawatte |
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Anna Maria Mühe as Laura |
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Jacob Matschenz as Max |
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Ludger Pistor as Lehrer Döngen |
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Michael Grimm as Küchenchef Krohn |
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Uwe Preuss as Augenarzt |
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Johann von Bülow as Kleinschmidt |
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Alexander Held as Fried |
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Herbert Forthuber as Herr Kolditz |
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Nilam Farooq as Sheela |
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Kida Khodr Ramadan as Hamid |
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Rouven Blessing as Apprentice |
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Rainer Reiners as Deutschlehrer |
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Henry Buchmann as Hotel Guest |
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Kim Girschner as Hotel guest |
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Olivia Marei as Tina |
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Michael Koschorek as Tim Wasmuth |
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Ricardo Ewert as Student |
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Samira El Ouassil as Jala Asgari |
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Jasmin Wisniewski as Irina Saizew-Müller |
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Sylvana Krappatsch as Dagmar |
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Saliya Kahawatte as Himself |
| Production | Ismael Feichtl | Production Manager |
| Camera | Patrick de Valette | Grip |
| Sound | Frank Heidbrink | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Marc Rothemund | Director |
| Art | Gabriella Ausonio | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Jürgen Sitzer | Sets & Props Supervisor |
| Art | Thorsten Kuhne | Property Master |
| Art | Caroline Ohmert | Property Master |
| Crew | Mathilda Barchmann | Compositors |
| Camera | Moritz Müller | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | David Wynands | Video Assist Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kerstin Feldmann | Costume Design |
| Art | Maike Althoff | Art Direction |
| Crew | Christine Heinrich | Techno Crane Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Bahmer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Verena Graf | Costume Coordinator |
| Crew | Christoph Siegert | Driver |
| Production | Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ramona Klinikowski | Costume Design |
| Production | Christian Richter | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Olaf Mierau | ADR Supervisor |
| Lighting | Alex Endl | Gaffer |
| Crew | Benjamin Leutgeb | Second Unit |
| Lighting | Christoph Steil | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shanti Spohn | Costume Design |
| Production | Sybille Follmer | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Angie Luise Jordan | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Raymond Boy | Storyboard Designer |
| Camera | Philipp Enzmann | Grip |
| Production | Christian Kemske | Location Manager |
| Writing | Norbert Maass | Script Consultant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Deuble | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Katharina Ziegler | Gaffer |
| Directing | Fabienne Pflüger | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Snezana Anastasijevic | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Clemens Bachmann | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liza Grebenstein | Costume Coordinator |
| Editing | Laura Wachauf | Editor |
| Production | Grit Aufzug | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Andreas Laurenz Maier | Sets & Props Supervisor |
| Directing | Benedict Hoermann | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jeronimo Wald | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Magda Habernickel | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Martin Rinderknecht | Drone Operator |
| Lighting | Tobias Speidel | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnés Claude | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Waeldchen | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Line Weichmann | Costume Coordinator |
| Production | Stefany Pohlmann | Casting |
| Art | Thomas Wimmer | Set Dresser |
| Art | Thomas Bertram | Set Dresser |
| Art | Stephanie Haas | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Holger Jungnickel | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Edda-Maj Kumas | Second Unit |
| Camera | Oliver Metz | Grip |
| Crew | Sabrina Mikolajewski | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Jürgen Olczyk | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Anderl Rutz | Grip |
| Visual Effects | Fabio Spitzenberg | Imaging Science |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Bahmer | Costume Coordinator |
| Sound | Milena Fessmann | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Michael Geldreich | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexia Apostolidou | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hannah Chinnakam | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina De Malotki | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Nikolaj Georgiew | Drone Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aljona Kassner | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Markus Brinkmann | Production Manager |
| Sound | Stephan Fandrych | ADR & Dubbing |
| Sound | Alexander Saal | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Max Knauer | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jessica Specker | Costume Design |
| Directing | Melanie Fronicke | Continuity |
| Crew | Tim Emeis | Compositors |
| Crew | Emil Kaczur | Techno Crane Operator |
| Directing | Nina Kötter | Continuity |
| Production | Tobias Lauterberg | Finance |
| Writing | Ruth Toma | Screenplay |
| Crew | Bernhard Jasper | Cinematography |
| Art | Christian Eisele | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jessica Krause | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Thomas Lüdemann | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Maik Lehmann | Property Master |
| Sound | Normann Büttner | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Bernhard Maurer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Fabian Rösler | Camera Operator |
| Art | Sören Lang | Location Scout |
| Writing | Oliver Ziegenbalg | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jean-Christoph Ritter | Music |
| Editing | Charles Ladmiral | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Clayton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jutta Schornstein | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Hannes Ullmann | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Uwe Greiner | Gaffer |
| Crew | Holger Jungnickel | Second Unit |
| Camera | Thomas Schönbrunn | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ina Mirimanian | Costume Coordinator |
| Art | Jannell Lewis | Location Scout |
| Production | Tanja Ziegler | Producer |
| Writing | Saliya Kahawatte | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melanie Hoppe | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Max Bauer | Foley |
| Sound | Tschangis Chahrokh | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Alexander Scherffig | Compositors |
| Visual Effects | Björn Mayer | Imaging Science |
| Lighting | Thomas Roßbach | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte Chang | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cornelia Ritz | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Janek Plathe | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnés Claude | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nelly Hohmann | Costume Coordinator |
| Art | Johannes Adler | Location Scout |
| Production | Stefan Gärtner | Co-Producer |