In My Room

by Ulrich Köhler

In My Room

Synopsis

Armin is getting too old for his night life habits and the woman he likes. He’s not really happy, but can’t picture living a different life. One morning he wakes up: the world looks the same as always, but mankind has disappeared. – A film about the frightening gift of maximum freedom.

Director

Born in 1969 in Marburg, Germany, Ulrich Köhler studied Fine Arts in Quimper, France, philosophy in Hamburg and later Visual Communication at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, where he also made his first short films. His feature films ”Bungalow” and ”Windows on Monday” premiered at Berlinale and screened at many festivals worldwide, winning national and international awards (Buenos Aires, Thessaloniki...). His latest movie ”Sleeping Sickness” premiered in Competition at Berlinale and won the Silver Bear for Best Directing.

DIRECTOR‘S FILMOGRAPHY
2018 IN MY ROOM
2011 SLEEPING SICKNESS (SCHLAFKRANKHEIT)
2006 WINDOWS ON MONDAY (MONTAG KOMMEN DIE FENSTER)
2002 BUNGALOW

Cast

Hans Löw
Elena Radonicich
Michael Wittenborn
Ruth Bickelhaupt
Emma Bading
Katharina Linder
Felix Knopp
Kathrin Resetarits

Crew

Director & Writer: Ulrich Köhler
Producers: Christoph Friedel & Claudia Steffen Director of Photography: Patrick Orth
Production Design: Jochen Dehn, Silke Fischer Costumes – Birgitt Kilian
Make-up & Hair: Diana Badalova
Original Sound: Johannes Grehl
Film Editing: Laura Lauzemis
Visuals effects: Thomas Loeder
Sound Design: Andreas Hildebrandt Re-recording Mixing – Matthias Lempert Production Manager: Fee Buck
Commissioning Editors: Andrea Hanke (WDR), Birgit Kämper (ARTE)
Co-Producers: Maja Wieser Benedetti & Andreas Pichler, Katrin Schlösser, Janine Jackowski & Maren Ade & Jonas Dornbach
In Co-Production with: Echo Film (Italy), Komplizen Film and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ARTE Production Company – Pandora Film Produktion

Technical Data

format DCP / colour / 1.85:1 / 5.1
length 120 min.
original languages German, English

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