After Us, the Rest of the World (2023)
Once again, 16-year-old Jonas starts at a new school and, as always, he has no intention of being anybody’s darling. Jonas has muscular dystrophy, is confined to a wheelchair and knows that he will die sooner rather than later from this incurable and progressive disease. His mother Alma, who raises Jonas alone and would rather take a second job than forego therapy for him, is determined to delay his deterioration. She has placed Jonas with Dr. Wildenhahn, an authority on Duchenne disease. The doctor manages to be taken seriously by Jonas, that is until he gets to know Emily, Marianne Wildenhahn's daughter, who goes to his class. Emily has a massively low academic grade, which she hides from her mother because of the doctor’s high standards. Emily falls in love with Jonas, and her sincere affection gives him the courage to love her back. Emily and Jonas become a couple, overcoming all obstacles.
Director: Franziska Buch
https://www.bavaria-fiction.de/en/productions/tv-movies/after-us-the-rest-of-the-world
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Julius Gause as Jonas |
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Lina Hüesker as Emily |
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Anneke Kim Sarnau as Alma |
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Sophie von Kessel as Dr. Marianne Wildenhahn |
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Luna Jordan as Lena (Hawkin) |
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Anton Petzold as Konrad |
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Florian Stetter as Dirkens |
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Juls Serger as Sven |
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Henriette Schmidt as Birgit Fleischmann |
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Robert Dölle as Gerd Wildenhahn |
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Caroline Selzle as Luise |
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Mandana Mansouri as Jasmin Yildirim |
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Gonca de Haas as Nurse |
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Ilyane Sina as Keira Wiesner |
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Sahin Kopuk as Bartender |
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Chiara Di Geronimo as Student / Dancer (uncredited) |
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Georgina Staudt as Student / Dancer (uncredited) |
| Production | Alexandra Ortmair | Producer |
| Camera | Konstantin Kröning | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ronald Mühlfellner | Producer |
| Directing | Franziska Buch | Director |
| Editing | Benjamin Hembus | Editor |
| Writing | Franziska Buch | Writer |
| Directing | Anke Reichert | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Gwendolyn Clayton | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amelie Hartwig | Makeup Designer |
| Crew | Manni Gläser | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Dündar Yalin | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Daniel Grendel | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Kathrin Wegmann | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Martina Eisenreich | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Sorge | Costume Design |
| Sound | Christian Neff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georg Korpas | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Janine Gondi | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Andreas Mühlbeier | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Monika Denisch | Commissioning Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ulrike Tischler | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Andreas Wolfgang Berndt | Production Manager |
| Art | Matthias Kammermeier | Production Design |
| Sound | Thorsten Bolzé | Sound |
| Camera | Michael Hauptfleisch | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Felix Suckut | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Christoph von Schönburg | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Naomi Bockemühl | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Valentin Walther | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Shirin Türel | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Michael Beitz | Gaffer |