![]() Title
Comets
Original Title
Kometen
Bright, magical, unpredictable and gone too soon … like life itself
The interwoven stories of a handful of people - couples, families, strangers - fleeing loneliness and searching for love, respect and dignity on the night that the brightest comet in 400 years will streak across the sky. * Lyrical miniatures painted with profound empathy and warmth. * Intertwining and crisscrossing stories in the style of Robert Altman's "Short Cuts". * Featuring Barnaby Metschurat, known from the international productions "Les Poupées russes" and "L'Auberge espagnole". ![]() Genre
Drama
Year
2007
Language
German
Format
Digibeta
Length
90'
Cast
Michael Hanemann, Boris Aljinovíc, Jan Henrik Stahlberg,
Peter Kurth, Anna Fischer, Mina Tander, Kyra Mladeck, Joachim Bliese, Barnaby Metschurat, Gernot Endemann, Gerhard Piske, Jessica Richter, Petra-Marie Cammin, Marlene Meyer-Dunker, Ernst Alisch, Barbara Zechel, Hannah von Peinen Crew
Directed by: Till Endemann
Written by: Till Endemann, Stefan Beuse Director of Photography: Björn Haneld Music by: Stefan Schulzki Producer: Dr. Ernst Ludwig Ganzert Produced by
EIKON Südwest / Glücksfilm GmbH
Produced for
SWR
The brightest comet in 400 years is about to hurtle across the European sky - and amateur astronomer Kranich discovered it. "Comet" is his story, as well as that of several other people in a small city somewhere in Europe. A lonely teen who celebrates her birthday by putting her life in danger… Her dad, whose fear of losing his job triggers a radical reaction… An aged gentleman with Alzheimer's, whose courtship of the same elegant lady begins anew every day… A pregnant young woman at odds with herself, her condition, her life and her lover, but ready for the adventure of birth… One merry strategy consultant who recommends massive layoffs without batting an eyelash, and his cold-hearted colleague, who experiences a life-changing epiphany when he loses his dictaphone… In short interwoven episodes, these people come together in their search for love, respect, dignity or even the meaning of life. Chance meetings, as incidental as looking into the night sky and seeing a comet dash by…
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