Starring myself
In Schrofhausen, entertainer Ricky Sokatoni is a star already. But his sister and manager, Tanja Freitag, has even greater plans for him. Together they will conquer the big world of showbiz! Even Ricky’s beloved mother, herself a TV starlet of the 90s, knew it: there is something very special about Ricky. And to the dead, nothing must be denied. Ricky knows that, too. So he allows himself to be talked into a big, supposedly dazzling tour, despite the worst of stage fever. But are the small stages of the Bavarian village landscape really the right place for him?
Between the Ballermann queen, ever-increasing egos and Tanja’s shakily constructed lies, the two mercilessly fall on their faces. And the deceased mother turns over in her grave.
Cast
- Ricky Sokatoni
- Johannes Dullin
- Tanja Freitag
- Karin Hanczewski
- Jamie Röhrenkamp
- David Zimmerschied
- Hanna Salami
- Gisa Flake
- Renate Freitag
- Petra Morzé
- Elisa Mangold
- Anne Müller
- Renate Freitag (jung)
- Michaela Schausberger
- Ricky (als Kind)
- Ted Trube
- Tanja (als Kind)
- Cora Trube
Starring myself
Sabine Koder
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2022
- Language
- de. OF mit en. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 100min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Bis es mich gibt
Director & Crew
Sabine Koder
Born in 1987 in Vienna/Austria. Trained as a Photographer and studied Theater, Film and Media Studies in Vienna. Studied Directing at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a director and writer.
Filmography
2014 THIS MONKEY‘S GONE TO HEAVEN, Kurzfilm
2015 LONORA, Kurzfilm HOF 2015
2017 GAME OVER, Kurzfilm
2019 ZU ZWEIT ALLEIN, Spielfilm
2022 BIS ES MICH GIBT, Spielfilm
“Showbiz serves as a catch-all for lost souls in BIS ES MICH GIBT. In this microcosm, it’s not the world stars who gather, but those who would have liked to have become stars. I think many people understand the desire for recognition. For someone to say, ‘You’re good just the way you are!’
In this case, it’s not just about fame. It’s about earning significance in this world. Ricky and Tanja have never learned that they are somebody, no matter what they do. That’s why they feel they have to prove themselves all the time. It is this tragic-comic tightrope walk that I look for in my films.”
Sabine Koder
- Writer
- Sabine Koder
- Director of Photography
- Noah Schuller
- Editor
- Kilian Schmid
- Production Designer
- Lugh Amber Wittig
- Set Designer
- Mariella Maier
- Sandra Hasenöder
- Costume Designer
- Julia Ebenbichler
- Casting Director
- Sabine Koder
- Sound
- Ivo Wellmann
- Sound Designer
- Philip Hutter
- Music Composer
- Enik
- Make-up
- Clara Bonnen
- Nina Winterstein
- Executive Producer
- Natalie Hölzel
- Producer
- Sandra Hölzel
- Natalie Hölzel