Sterben für Beginner

supporting film "Frau Fleischer will sterben"

Storyline

 Successful music manager Erik is in crisis: it's no longer about good music, but about clicks on TicToc. After harsh criticism from his boss following a brilliant rock concert, he quits. Perhaps it's the Freddy Mercury poster “Who wants to live forever” in the shop window that makes him enter a funeral parlor and ask about the internship, perhaps it's a midlife crisis. Shortly afterwards, he learns that his friend Alex has a fatal brain tumor. Alex and his girlfriend Karla are expecting a baby. That too. The lifes of Erik, Alex and Karla fall apart at the seams. There is a lot to organize - but also to live again - quite compulsively. Above everything is the question of how Erik can help his friend or even bury him in the end. But first he has to pass his internship as a mortician. Since the very traditional and sometimes cynical customs of the industry are a thorn in his side, it is not safe at all...
Inspired by the bestseller “The END - the book of death” by Eric Wrede, this is the story of a friendship that deals with life, love, laughter, death and grief.

About the film/director

Christian Klandt studied film directing at the Film University Babelsberg. He previously worked as a programmer & projectionist at the Berlin Filmrauschpalast & was co-founder of the Berlin Theaterdiscounter where he later also directed. For his 1st feature film, “WELTSTADT” (psychodrama - based on a true story), Klandt received rave reviews and several international awards. This included the “Zenith d!argents” in the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival competition. The following year, WELTSTADT was invited to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His 2nd feature film “LITTLE THIRTEEN”, produced by X Filme, dealt with sexual neglect of children and adolescents and premiered in 2012 at the Munich Film Festival (Best Drama) and in the International Competition Warsaw Film Festival. Klandt has written several screenplays, including LILEA ROSA. Based on a true story, it tells the story of a young family who want to buy a kidney for their daughter with kidney disease in Moldova. He received the Grenzgänger scholarship/Robert Bosch Foundation for this film. His first cinema comedy “LEIF IN CONCERT - Vol. 2” premiered in Munich in 2019, where he received the award for “Best Production”. Klandt was awarded the Bavarian Television Prize in 2020 for the mini-series “WIR SIND JETZT”. Season 2 was nominated for the German Television Award 2021 as “Best Drama Series”. The 3rd season of “WIR SIND JETZT” premiered in Munich in 2021. His current film “STERBEN FÜR BEGINNER” is a biopic and film adaptation of the bestseller “THE END - das Buch vom Tod” by and about Eric Wrede, who quit his job as a music manager to become a mortician. Klandt won the “Rheingold Audience Award” at the German Film Festival Ludwigshafen 2024 and the “Best Television Film” award at the 46th Bieberach Film Festival 2024.

FILMOGRAPHY:
• Nightline (2024)
• Sterben für Beginner (2024)
• WIR (2023)
• Tram (2023)
• Wir sind jetzt (2021)
• Mit alles (2020)
• Leif in Concert (2019)
• Wir sind jetzt (2 Staffeln 2018/19)
• Lilea Rosa (2016)
• Little Thirteen (2012)
• Weltstadt (2009)

Credits

Director:

Christian Klandt

Script:

Benedikt Gollhardt

Camera:

René Gorski

Editor:

Julia Steinke

Cast:

Edin Hasanovic, Max Hubacher, Svenja Jung, Peter Kurth, Luna Jordan, Steffi Kühnert, Wolfram Koch, Rike Eckermann, Martina Schöne-Radunski

Sound:

Magnus Pflüger

Music:

Johannes Repka

Producer:

Tobias Stille, Christian Popp

Contact:

E-Mail:

office@produceersatwork.de

• Germany

• German
• 2024
• 90 min