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The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein

2012
Germany
feature film - Comedy
87 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Johanna Wokalek (Tiffany Blechschmid); Iris Berben (Tiffanys Mutter); Richy Müller (Hans Luboschinski); David Kross (Benno); Benjamin Sadler (Frank Henne); Itay Tiran (Thomas Paulson); Michael Gwisdek (Paul); Katharina Marie Schubert (Rita); Margarita Broich (Luise); Rüdiger Vogler (Tiffanys Vater); Dogan Akgün (Roma); Luna Rösner (Junge Tiffany); Vladimier Gorochov (Vincent); Michael Kranz (Moritz)

Direction

Director: Sherry Hormann

Assistant director: Markus Herling

Writing

Screenplay: Sherry Hormann

Based on: Paul Watzlawick

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Wojciech Szepel

Camera operator: Harald Mellwig

Assistant camera / focus puller: Sascha Werdehausen; Christian Allinger

2nd Camera unit: Sebastian Meuschel

Still photographer: Walter Wehner

Lighting design: Niels Maier

Key grip: Jan Hagen; Hans Hellner

Decor

Set design: Christiane Rothe (Set Decorator)

Property master: Alexis Teller

Stand-by props: Till Sennhenn

Make-up artist: Anna Peppler; Adela Selzer

Costume design: Gabriele Binder

Production design: Silke Buhr

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Clara Fabry; Sandy Saffels

Sound: Andreas Turnwald

Sound assistant: Manfred Reinsch

Special effects: Frank Schlegel

Casting: Simone Bär

Production

Producer: Ute Krämer; Peter Herrmann

Co-Producer: Carl L. Woebcken; Wolfgang Braun; Christoph Fisser; Henning Molfenter; Franz Kraus; Rodolphe Buet; Antonio Exacoustos jr.; Senta Menger

Editorial department: Bettina Ricklefs; Hans Wolfgang Jurgan; Bettina Reitz; Hubert von Spreti

Line producer: Michael Scheel

Unit production manager: Silvia Lindner

Location manager: Michael Wanka; Steven Borski

Post-Production: Christoph Englert; Fritz Böhm

Set location manager: Benedikt Bothe

Motive location manager: Oliver Gimbel

Companies

Production company: Desert Flower Filmproductions GmbH

in Co-Production: ARD Degeto Film; Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR); DOR Film-West Produktionsgesellschaft mbH; Studio Babelsberg GmbH; B.A. Filmproduktion GmbH; MTM West Television; StudioCanal