Töte mich

Kill Me
Tue-moi

Germany / France / Switzerland, October 2011
FILM, Fiction, 91 min.

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directed by
Emily Atef
Written by
Emily Atef, Esther Bernstorff
Status
In distribution

Since her brother’s death, 15-year-old Adele feels stifled by her sad and lonely life on a remote farm with her parents in the German countryside. When she meets murderer-on-the-run Timo, she agrees to help him escape to Marseilles if he promises to release her from her painful life by killing her.

credits

World Premiere
October 2011
Original Version
French, German (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 91 min.
Production
Niko Film, Wüste Film West GmbH, Ciné Sud Promotion, Hugofilm Productions GmbH, Vandertastic Films GmbH, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Nicole Gerhards, Hejo Emons, Stefan Schubert, Thierry Lenouvel, Hanneke Van der Tas, Christof Neracher
directed by
Emily Atef
Written by
Emily Atef, Esther Bernstorff
Cinemato­graphy
Stéphane Kuthy
Editing
Beatrice Babin
Sound Editing
Jürg von Allmen, Oswald Schwander
Sound Design
Jürg von Allmen
Re-Recording Mix
Jürg von Allmen
Music
Cyril Atef
Location Sound Mix
Olivier Dandré
Compositing
Thomas Gieraths
Production Design
Katja Schlömer
Lighting Design
Niels Maier
Costumes
Frauke Firl
Casting
Anja Dihrberg, Maria Schwarz, Anne Voigt, Juliette Ménager, Joanna Delon

Cast

Maria Victoria Dragus as Adele
Roeland Wiesnekker as Timo
Wolfram Koch as Julius
Christine Citti as Claudine
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Anne Bennent as Adeles Mutter
Robert Hunger-Bühler as Adeles Vater
Geno Lechner as Frau im Waldhaus

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Les Films du Losange

Worldwide Distribution

France
Les Films du Losange Distribution
Release date: 25.04.2012
Germany
Farbfilm Verleih GmbH Distribution
Release date: 05.07.2012
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: tba

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