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