Train Birds
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Lichtefeld
Joachim Król
Outi Mäenpää
Peter Lohmeyer
Oliver Marlo
Jochen Nickel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Hannes studies train timetables and takes off to Finland, against his boss's wishes, for the International Timetable Competition. On the way, he meets the mysterious Sirpa, a woman from Finland who continually vanishes and reappears. Unbeknowst to him, he is being followed by a police inspector because his boss has died and 30,000 marks are missing from the company safe.
Director
Peter Lichtefeld
Cast
Joachim Król
Outi Mäenpää
Peter Lohmeyer
Oliver Marlo
Jochen Nickel
Hilmi S÷zer
Peter Franke
Nina Petri
Kati Outinen
Kari Väänänen
Crew
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-westfalen (nrw)
Axel Arft
Richard Borowski
Bernd Euscher
Frank Griebe
Peter Lichtefeld
Claes Olsson
Anke Osterloh
Thomas Piepenbring
Joern Rettig
Luisa Roger
Christian Steyer
Ira Von Gienanth
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of 1997 CICAE Award.
Winner of the 1998 Silver Ribbon of the German Film Award in the category of Best Film.
Feature directorial debut for Peter Lichtefeld.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (New German Cinema) February 11-22, 1998.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 16-30, 1998.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.
Shown at Museum of Modern Art (Recent Films from Germany) in New York City November 1-15, 1998.
35mm
color
Dolby
dialogue German and Finnish
subtitled English
