Blackbird (2026)
Motte is 15 years old in the fall of 1977 and has to come to terms with the news that his best friend Bogi has to go to the hospital with a life-threatening illness. This is a seemingly impossible task, because his first love, his parents' impending divorce, his enthusiasm for Bowie and soccer, an omnipresent chimney sweep, and his anger at not being able to share all this with Bogi overwhelm Motte and lead him to make himself scarce at the hospital.
Director: Max Zähle
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Timothy Scannell as Motte |
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Albert Lichtenstern as Bogi |
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Holle Kirck as Steffi |
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Bjarne Mädel as Morten |
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Claude Heinrich as Detlef "Walki" Walkenhorst |
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Juri Sam Winkler as Jan Borowka |
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Angelina Häntsch as Bogi's Mother |
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Lasse Myhr as Bogi's Father |
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Agnieszka Piwowarska as Lisa |
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Aenne Schwarz as Motte's Mother |
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David Rott as Meinhard Vogt |
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Nelly Hoffmann as Jaqueline Schmidbauer |
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Lotte Schubert as Merle |
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Alexander Scheer as Elvis |
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Sebastian Freigang as Motte's Father |
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Katharina Heissenhuber as Claudia |
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Charly Kuschel as Schoolmate (uncredіted) |
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Erik Borner as |
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Reiner Wagner as |
| Directing | Max Zähle | Director |
| Writing | David Ungureit | Writer |
| Production | Florian Schmidt-Prange | Producer |
| Production | Jan Krüger | Producer |
| Production | Roshanak Khodabakhsh | Producer |
| Art | Anette Reuther | Production Design |
| Camera | Frank Küpper | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Regine Frohberg | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carola Neutze | Costume Design |
| Production | Robert Malzahn | Production Manager |
| Production | Nathalie Mischel | Casting |
| Crew | Erin Högerle | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Cornelia Schmidt-Matthiesen | Production Manager |
| Crew | Jörg Himstedt | Commissioning Editor |
| Writing | Matthias Brandt | Novel |
| Sound | Florian Tessloff | Music |
| Editing | Thomas Stange | Editor |