Archive of films According to the Plan / Frei nach Plan
Germany
2007, 90 min
Section:
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2008
Three sisters find that not much goes “According to the Plan” as they assemble to celebrate their alkie mom’s birthday in their native Saxony village. Bittersweet comedy by helmer Franziska Meletzky, following her impressive 2004 graduation film, Wanted!, is led by the feisty Dagmar Manzel, and dry dialogue that keeps the tone light.
Synopsis
Three sisters find that not much goes According to the Plan as they assemble to celebrate their alkie mom’s birthday in their native Saxony village. Bittersweet comedy by helmer Franziska Meletzky boasts simpatico playing from a name distaff cast, led by the feisty Dagmar Manzel, and dry dialogue that keeps the tone light. It’s summertime in the small burg of Wettin, where divorced Silvia (Ch. Schorn), who runs the local amateur theatrical troupe when she’s not hitting the bottle, lives with her long-suffering eldest daughter, Iris (C. Harfouch). Unmarried Iris, who has a job in a stable, is literally the workhorse of the family, putting up with her mom’s tipsy turns and having no personal life of her own. Into this picturesque but strained environment arrives Silvia’s long-lost middle daughter, Anne (Manzel), an energetic rebel who left home years ago to be a rock singer.
Contacts
Credofilm GmbH
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Germany
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Germany
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! |
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Director: | Franziska Meletzky |
Screenplay: | Elke Rössler |
Dir. of Photography: | Ngo The Chau |
Music: | Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Dennis |
Editor: | Jürgen Winkelbach |
Producer: | Susann Schimk, Jörg Trentmann |
Production: | Credofilm GmbH |
Cast: | Corinna Harfouch, Kirsten Block, Dagmar Manzel, Christine Schorn |
Contact: | Credofilm GmbH, MDC Int. GmbH |
www: | www.freinachplan.de |
Guests

Franziska Meletzky
Film Director, Film Director

Marta Švecová
Festival Organizer, Film Institution Rep., Sales Agent