Flug in die Nacht
Switzerland / Germany, July 2009
FILM,
Fiction,
90 min.
- directed by
- Till Endemann
- Written by
- Till Endemann
- Status
- In distribution
Johann Lender’s job turns out to be his undoing: the 35-year-old air-traffic controller was alone on his shift on July 1, 2002, when a Russian passenger airliner collided with a cargo plane in the airspace under his control and crashed near Überlingen on Lake Constance. All 71 passengers were killed. Yuri Balkayev’s wife and two children were also among the casualties. About one year later, Balkayev stabs the air-traffic controller to death in front of his own family. But hope is still alive in little Kolya, an orphan who also lost his mother, a Russian stewardess, in this tragedy.
credits
- World Premiere
- July 2009
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, German, colour, 16mm, 90 min.
- Production
- C-FILMS AG, Maran Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SWR – Südwestrundfunk
- Producer
- Peter-Christian Fueter
- directed by
- Till Endemann
- Written by
- Till Endemann
- Cinematography
- Valentin Bärlocher
- Editing
- Benjamin Fueter
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Storck
- Production Design
- Reto Trösch, Doris Baumgartner, Ursula Sax
- Lighting Design
- Peter Demmer, Simon Schaerer
- Costumes
- Bettina Marx, Stefania Tedesco
- Casting
- Ruth Hirschfeld
Cast
Ken Duken
Jewgenij Sitochin
Sophie von Kessel
Sabine Timoteo
Noemi Mühle
Peter Jecklin
Mike Müller
Heinrich Schmieder
Anton Bennent
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Beta Cinema
Festivals
(a selection)
-
16th Shanghai Television Festival
07.06.2010 - 11.06.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010