THE LEGEND OF TIMM THALER OR THE BOY WHO SOLD HIS LAUGHTER
synopsis
The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how he loses his soul bit by bit with each win.
international title: | The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter |
original title: | Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen |
working title: | Timm Thaler |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andreas Dresen |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | DE 2/02/2017 |
screenplay: | Alexander Adolph |
cast: | Arved Friese, Justus von Dohnányi, Axel Prahl, Charly Hübner, Jule Hermann, Steffi Kühnert, Nadja Uhl, Bjarne Mädel, Andreas Schmidt, Milan Peschel, Fritzi Haberlandt, Harald Schmidt |
cinematography by: | Michael Hammon |
film editing: | Jörg Hauschild |
costumes designer: | Sabine Greunig |
music: | Johannes Repka |
producer: | Oliver Berben, Constanze Guttmann, Caroline von Senden, Irene Wellershoff |
co-producer: | Irene Wellershoff, Josef Reidinger, Tilo Seiffert, Christian Sommer, Roland Zelles |
production: | Constantin Film AG, Rolize, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) |
backing: | Deutscher Filmförderfonds, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung |
distributor: | Constantin Film |