Toni Erdmann (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Copyright)Countries: Germany, Austria, Romania, MonacoDirector: Maren Ade
Synopsis: Winfried, an elderly, divorced music teacher from Aachen who loves playing practical jokes, is paid a visit by his sober, career-driven daughter Ines, who is briefly in town from Bucharest, where she works as a corporate strategist for an oil company. But the pair's awkward reunion is incessantly interrupted by Ines’s work and over the course of her visit she becomes increasingly exasperated by her father’s behaviour. After Winfried’s aged dog dies, he flies on a whim to Bucharest to spend time with his daughter who is uncomfortable at the sudden appearance of her father. During his visit, her embarrassment is compounded by the fact that he decides to assume the persona of ‘Toni Erdmann’, a smooth-talking character who variously claims to be a corporate lifestyle coach and the German ambassador. Wearing a wig, a cheap suit and comic false teeth, Toni barges into Ines’ professional life, ambushing and pranking an already stressed Ines at work meetings and social engagements.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Fathers, Daughters, Jokes, Employment
Releases
Date: 14 July 2016Country: GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): Romanian
Date: 08 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): Romanian
Date: 03 February 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): RomanianDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: May 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Author: Tracy, Tony Pages: xiii, 237 pages
Title: Toni Erdmann
Author: Gemünden, Gerd Pages: vii, 74 pages
Date: 2016 (Copyright)Countries: Germany, Austria, Romania, MonacoDirector: Maren Ade
Synopsis: Winfried, an elderly, divorced music teacher from Aachen who loves playing practical jokes, is paid a visit by his sober, career-driven daughter Ines, who is briefly in town from Bucharest, where she works as a corporate strategist for an oil company. But the pair's awkward reunion is incessantly interrupted by Ines’s work and over the course of her visit she becomes increasingly exasperated by her father’s behaviour. After Winfried’s aged dog dies, he flies on a whim to Bucharest to spend time with his daughter who is uncomfortable at the sudden appearance of her father. During his visit, her embarrassment is compounded by the fact that he decides to assume the persona of ‘Toni Erdmann’, a smooth-talking character who variously claims to be a corporate lifestyle coach and the German ambassador. Wearing a wig, a cheap suit and comic false teeth, Toni barges into Ines’ professional life, ambushing and pranking an already stressed Ines at work meetings and social engagements.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Fathers, Daughters, Jokes, Employment
Releases
Date: 14 July 2016Country: GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): Romanian
Date: 08 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): Romanian
Date: 03 February 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): RomanianDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: May 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): German / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Komplizen Film, ©: coop99, ©: Missing Link Films, Production Company: Komplizen Film, In co-production with: coop99, In co-production with: HiFilm, In co-production with: KNM, Missing Link Films, With the support of: Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, With the support of: Eurimages - European Cinema Support Fund, With the support of: Filmförderungsanstalt, With the support of: Deutscher Filmförderfonds, With the support of: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, With the support of: Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, With the support of: Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, With the support of: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, With the support of: MEDIA, With the support of: Österreichisches Filminstitut, FISA - Filmstandort Austria, In co-production with: SWR, In co-production with: WDR, ARTE, International Sales: The Match Factory, Producer: Michel Merkt, Producer: Janine Jackowski, Producer: Maren Ade, Producer: Jonas Dornbach, Co-producer: Bruno Wagner, Co-producer: Antonin Svoboda, Co-producer: David Keitsch, Co-producer: Sebastian Schipper, Line Producer: Ben Von Dobeneck, Associate Producer: Ada Solomon, Unit Production Manager: Laura Einmahl, Production Manager: Ole Nicolaisen, Location Manager: Mirela Tugui, 1st Assistant Director: Christian Hoyer, Script Supervisor: Annette Drees, Casting: Nina Haun, Casting England: Amanda Tabak, Screenplay: Maren Ade, Camera: Patrick Orth, Lighting: Stephan Rother, Visual Effects: ARRI Media Visual Effects, Editor: Heike Parplies, Post-production: ARRI Media GmbH, Production Design: Silke Fischer, Art Director: Malina Ionescu, Costumes: Gitti Fuchs, Make-up: Monika Münnich, Make-up: Wiltrud Derschmidt, Title Design: Toby Cornish, Sound: Patrick Veigel, Sound Mixer: Bernhard Maisch, Sound Editor: Fabian Schmidt
Cast
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Sandra Hüller (Ines Conradi), Peter Simonischek (Winfried Conradi, 'Toni Erdmann'), Michael Wittenborn (Henneberg), Thomas Loibl (Gerald), Trystan Pütter (Tim), Ingrid Bisu (Anca), Hadewych Minis (Tatjana), Lucy Russell (Steph), Victoria Cocias (Flavia), Alexandru Papadopol (Dascalu), Viktoria Malektorovych (Natalja), Ingrid Burkhard (Annegret), Jürg Löw (Gerhard), Ruth Reinecke (Renate), Nicolas Wackerbarth (Coach Leopold)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Ageing masculinities in contemporary European and anglophone cinemaAuthor: Tracy, Tony Pages: xiii, 237 pages
Title: Toni Erdmann
Author: Gemünden, Gerd Pages: vii, 74 pages