LOST IN SIBERIA
synopsis
The shy logistician of a German mail order company, Matthias Bleuel, is send to Kemerovo in Siberia from his Russia - sentimental boss to accomplish a German work flow system in the Russian subsidiary company. He says yes simply because he is too weak to say no. Siberia, of all places! Equipped with down coat and pepper spray Bleuel expects to face danger, snow and ice. But in the mystic summer landscape he soon falls in love with traditional singer Sajana and can't recognise himself any more. The donnish logistician becomes a hotspur who believes in ghosts! Stumbling at first, but more and more self confident he moves into a new world and puts everything on risk to win the love of Sajana - and to say goodbye to former Matthias Bleuel.
international title: | Lost in Siberia |
original title: | Ausgerechnet Sibirien |
country: | Germany, Russia |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ralf Huettner |
release date: | DE 10/05/2012, AT 20/07/2012 |
screenplay: | Michael Ebmeyer, Minu Barati, Ralf Huettner |
cast: | Katja Riemann, Joachim Król, Armin Rohde, Vladimir Burlakov, Michael Degen, Svetlana Tsvichenko, Zoya Buryak, Yuliya Men, Anna Lutsteva, Michael Deffert, Nina Semenova, Nesipkul Umarbekova, Mandzhieva Gilyana, Dimitriy Podnozov, Svetlana Smirnova, Aleksandr Garkushenko, Yuriy Zarubin, Andrei Sharkov |
cinematography by: | Stefan Ciupek |
film editing: | Horst Reiter |
costumes designer: | Andreas Janczyk |
music: | Stevie Be-Zet, Ralf Hildenbeutel |
producer: | Minu Barati, Skady Lis, Sergei Selyanov |
production: | cine plus Filmproduktion, Jooyaa Filmproduktion Berlin, Getaway Pictures, Kinokompaniya CTB |
backing: | Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF) |
distributor: | Majestic Filmverleih, Filmladen |