
My mother googles the film hero of her youth: Helmut Berger. She is shocked: only an addicted shadow of the former icon seems to be left. She decides to halt the obvious catastrophic decline of the once “most handsome man in the world”. As a consequence, this one-time god of the screen is suddenly sitting on my mother’s sofa in Nordsehl in Lower Saxony. And he stays put - for several months. While he trustingly rolls out his whole life before us, the dividing lines between film team, world star and family intermingle. This is a film about ageing, rising and falling - and about the fact that it is sometimes possible to regain an element of dignity in life.
Cast

Helmut Berger
Self
Bettina Vorndamme
Self
Karla Vorndamme
Self
Ophelia Gassmann
Self
Samia Tahanouti
Unknown
Dr. Dietmar Peikert
Self
Richard Maschke
Self
Birgit Insinger
Self
Ernst Stahlhut
Self
Matthias Harder
Self
René Fietzek
Self

Christophe Montenez
Self
Doris Kohn
Self
Christin Bahro
Self
Valesca Peters
Voiceover

Paul Morrissey
Self (archive footage)

Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)

Albert Serra
Self
Crew

Sebastian Winkels
Dramaturgy
Valesca Peters
Director, Writer, Editor
Patrick Jasim
Cinematography
Andreas Schiller
Cinematography
Anahita Nazemi
Executive Producer
Katrin Sandmann
Producer
Stefan Mathieu
Producer
Julius Hofstädter
Sound
Paul Paulun
Sound
David Minor
Music
Fabian Motz
Production Manager
Nicole Baum
Editorial Staff
Michael Meister
Editorial Staff
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