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:
Oliver Ziegenbalg, Ruth Toma.
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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 |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cornelia Ritz | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Stephan Fandrych | ADR & Dubbing |
| Camera | Oliver Metz | Grip |
| Sound | Milena Fessmann | Music Supervisor |
| Writing | Oliver Ziegenbalg | Screenplay |
| Editing | Charles Ladmiral | Editor |
| Production | Jutta Schornstein | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Benedict Hoermann | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Alexander Scherffig | Compositors |
| Camera | Clemens Bachmann | Key Grip |
| Visual Effects | Björn Mayer | Imaging Science |
| Lighting | Thomas Roßbach | Electrician |
| Lighting | Tobias Speidel | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte Chang | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Thomas Lüdemann | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Andreas Laurenz Maier | Sets & Props Supervisor |
| Directing | Angie Luise Jordan | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Raymond Boy | Storyboard Designer |
| Crew | Martin Rinderknecht | Drone Operator |
| Production | Grit Aufzug | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Thorsten Kuhne | Property Master |
| Sound | Michael Geldreich | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Deuble | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Thomas Wimmer | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Philipp Enzmann | Grip |
| Crew | Christine Heinrich | Techno Crane Operator |
| Lighting | Katharina Ziegler | Gaffer |
| Writing | Norbert Maass | Script Consultant |
| Production | Tanja Ziegler | Producer |
| Writing | Ruth Toma | Screenplay |
| Writing | Saliya Kahawatte | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexia Apostolidou | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melanie Hoppe | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Maik Lehmann | Property Master |
| Editing | Magda Habernickel | Dialogue Editor |
| Lighting | Alex Endl | Gaffer |
| Crew | Edda-Maj Kumas | Second Unit |
| Crew | Benjamin Leutgeb | Second Unit |
| Lighting | Christoph Steil | Gaffer |
| Production | Christian Kemske | Location Manager |
| Art | Stephanie Haas | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Holger Jungnickel | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jürgen Olczyk | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Thomas Schönbrunn | First Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Fabio Spitzenberg | Imaging Science |
| Costume & Make-Up | Line Weichmann | Costume Coordinator |
| Art | Johannes Adler | Location Scout |
| Art | Jannell Lewis | Location Scout |
| Art | Maike Althoff | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hannah Chinnakam | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina De Malotki | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aljona Kassner | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Markus Brinkmann | Production Manager |
| Sound | Tschangis Chahrokh | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Alexander Saal | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kerstin Feldmann | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jessica Specker | Costume Design |
| Production | Stefany Pohlmann | Casting |
| Sound | Max Bauer | Foley |
| Sound | Normann Büttner | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Nikolaj Georgiew | Drone Operator |
| Camera | Fabian Rösler | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Jean-Christoph Ritter | Music |
| Crew | Bernhard Jasper | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Clayton | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jessica Krause | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Janek Plathe | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Jeronimo Wald | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bernhard Maurer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Gabriella Ausonio | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ramona Klinikowski | Costume Design |
| Production | Sybille Follmer | Unit Manager |
| Art | Thomas Bertram | Set Dresser |
| Art | Caroline Ohmert | Property Master |
| Crew | Holger Jungnickel | Second Unit |
| Crew | Sabrina Mikolajewski | Video Assist Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ina Mirimanian | Costume Coordinator |
| Crew | Christoph Siegert | Driver |
| Production | Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann | Producer |
| Art | Christian Eisele | Production Design |
| Sound | Hannes Ullmann | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Uwe Greiner | Gaffer |
| Directing | Fabienne Pflüger | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Snezana Anastasijevic | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Anderl Rutz | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Bahmer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liza Grebenstein | Costume Coordinator |
| Editing | Laura Wachauf | Editor |
| Directing | Melanie Fronicke | Continuity |
| Production | Christian Richter | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Jürgen Sitzer | Sets & Props Supervisor |
| Sound | Olaf Mierau | ADR Supervisor |
| Crew | Mathilda Barchmann | Compositors |
| Crew | Tim Emeis | Compositors |
| Camera | Max Knauer | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Emil Kaczur | Techno Crane Operator |
| Camera | Moritz Müller | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Verena Graf | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Bahmer | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shanti Spohn | Costume Design |
| Crew | David Wynands | Video Assist Operator |
| Directing | Nina Kötter | Continuity |
| Production | Tobias Lauterberg | Finance |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnés Claude | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnés Claude | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nelly Hohmann | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Waeldchen | Costume Design |
| Art | Sören Lang | Location Scout |
| Production | Stefan Gärtner | Co-Producer |