Annaluise & Anton (1999)
Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother, who always travels through the world more for public relation reasons than for the social tasks she pretends to fulfill, is never available to her as a mother. Anton, son of a single and sick mother in financial trouble, does his best to help her out of it by working late. Pünktchen decides to help her only friend (as nobody else would anyway) and starts singing in public places. Trouble arises when Anton can't resist stealing a golden lighter and Pünktchen's secret life is discovered by her parents. Two troubled families finally can see the need for actions to be taken.
Director:
Caroline Link
Writer:
Caroline Link
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Elea Geissler as Annaluise/Pünktchen |
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Max Felder as Anton |
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Juliane Köhler as Bettina Pogge |
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August Zirner as Richard Pogge |
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Meret Becker as Elli Gast |
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Sylvie Testud as Laurence |
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Gudrun Okras as Dicke Bertha |
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Benno Fürmann as Carlos |
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Michael Hanemann as Professor Bremser |
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Helmfried von Lüttichau as Giovanni |
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Thomas Holtzmann as |
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Hubert Mulzer as |
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Arnd Klawitter as |
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Dorothea Walda as |
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Ursula Dirichs as |
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Andreas Heinzel as |
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Ulrich Tukur as |
| Writing | Caroline Link | Screenplay |
| Production | An Dorthe Braker | Casting |
| Production | Uschi Reich | Producer |
| Production | Peter Zenk | Producer |
| Production | Susanne van Lessen | Producer |
| Production | Nessie Nesslauer | Casting |
| Art | Susann Bieling | Production Design |
| Directing | Caroline Link | Director |
| Editing | Patricia Rommel | Editor |
| Production | Christoph Holch | Producer |
| Production | Peter Sterr | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina von Martius | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephanie Hilke | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Niki Reiser | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nanni Gebhardt-Seele | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Torsten Breuer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tomas Bastian | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Erich Kästner | Novel |