If Not Us, Who?
| If Not Us, Who? | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Andres Veiel |
| Written by | Andres Veiel |
| Starring | August Diehl |
| Cinematography | Judith Kaufmann |
| Edited by | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| Music by | Annette Focks |
Release dates |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
If Not Us, Who? (German: Wer wenn nicht wir) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl.[1] The film is set in the late 1940s, the early 1960s, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968.
The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.[2][3] Veiel won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale.[4] The film had its US premiere at the Berlin and Beyond film festival in San Francisco on 26 October 2011.
Cast
[edit]- August Diehl as Bernward Vesper
- Lena Lauzemis as Gudrun Ensslin
- Alexander Fehling as Andreas Baader
- Alexander Khuon as Rudi Dutschke
- Rainer Bock as Defense lawyer
- Sebastian Blomberg as Roehler
- Maria-Victoria Dragus as Ruth Ensslin
- Thomas Thieme as Vater Vesper
- Joachim Paul Assböck as Journalist
- Hanno Koffler as Uli Ensslin
- Heike Hanold-Lynch as Mentorin v. G. Ensslin
- Hark Bohm as Kritiker
- Imogen Kogge as Mutter Vesper
- Henriette Nagel
- Susanne Lothar as Mutter Ensslin
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
- ^ "Berlinale 2011: First Competition Films". Berlinale. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "First Berlin 2011 Contenders are Revealed". indiemoviesonline.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "The Awards / Die Preise" (PDF). Berlinale.de. Berlin International Film Festival. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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