HEART OVER HEAD

Genre: Coming-Of-Age Story
Year of Production: 2001/2002
Distribution: Constantin Film Verleih GmbH, World sales: Bavaria Media
Director: Michael Gutmann

Screenplay: Michael Gutmann, Hans-Christian Schmid
Casting: Anja Dihrberg Casting
Director of Photography: Pascal Hoffmann, Klaus Eichhammer
Editing: Monika Abspacher
Score/ music: Rainer Michel, Ali Neander
Production Design: Marion Schlauss
Costume Design: Ruth Löffelholz
Make-up Artist: Sybille Löffelholz
Sound recording: Steffen Graubaum

When his mother died, Jakob was unable to cope with his life. He quit school and moved to Berlin to live with his father. But things didn't work out, and now, a year later, he packs his bags and returns home to the Frankfurt suburbs to live with his older sister Petra. Although planning on only passing through, Jakob soon realizes he'll have to help her out. Petra is pregnant, her boyfriend has just left her and she can barely make ends meet for herself and her eight-year-old son. Just after his return home, Jakob meets Wanda, a Polish au-pair girl living there. The more he sees her, the more he falls in love with her. Wanda is attracted to him too, but she's hesitant to give in to his attentions. She's responsible for the household of the Gebhard family and takes care of their two kids - but the Gebhards aren't too pleased to have Jakob hanging around. And Wanda's friends don't really like him either. If love is to win, they must both follow their hearts...

Tom Schilling (Jakob), Alicja Bachleda-Curus (Wanda), Anna von Berg (Petra), Matthias Schweighöfer (Dirk), Sebastian Kroehnert (Helmut), David Scheller (Ben), Leonard Lansink (Wolfgang Gebhard), Marcello Mahr (Patrick), Clara Gutmann (Clara), Charlotte Gutmann (Charlotte), Leonard Lansink (Wolfgang Gebhard), Katharina Müller-Elmau (Ute Gebhard), Anna Kalata (Milena), Ewa + Izabela Maciejuk (Katarina’s Zwillinge), Alessio Avellan (kleiner Junge), Guido A. Schick (Jürgen), Alexandra Mandelartz (Alexandra)

FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Filmförderungsanstalt