DER FROSCH UND DAS WASSER
THE FROG AND THE WATER
SYNOPSIS
Buschi's daily routine in an assisted living facility leaves no room for surprises. Seeking change, he seizes the chance to leave a group outing behind and joins a tour of Japanese tourists travelling through Germany. Having lived his entire life without speaking, on this unusual trip, he forms a wordless friendship with Hideo — a man on a journey of his own — creating a bond that goes beyond words and starts an unexpected adventure.
| DIRECTOR | Thomas Stuber |
| YEAR | 2025 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Tallinn Black Nights Competition 2025 |
| CAST | Aladdin Detlefsen Kanji Tsuda Bettina Stucky Cornelius Schwalm Yuki Iwamoto and Meltem Kaptan |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Pandora Film Produktion in co-production with Hugofilm Features (Switzerland) Lomotion Gretchenfilm in co-production with ZDF in association with ARTE in co-operation with Neopol Vesuvius Pictures Hassaku Labs Mirage Era Media & Production |
| SUPPORTED BY | Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung Deutscher Filmförderfonds Hessen Film und Medien Nordmedia BKM and FFA BAK Bundesamt für Kultur Berner Filmförderung FISS ///// development supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung |
| WORLD SALES | The Match Factory |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film Verleih |
| LENGTH | 113 min. |
| FORMAT | DCP 2K 1:1.85 colour 5.1. sound |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Germany Switzerland Japan |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | German with Japanese and English |
| PRODUCERS | producers: Christoph Friedel & Claudia Steffen executive producer: Fee Buck co-producers: Christof Neracher (Hugofilm) Magdalena Welter; Louis Mataré (Lomotion) Annegret Weitkämper-Krug (Gretchenfilm) commissioning editors: Solveig Cornelisen (ZDF) Julius Windhorst (ZDF/ ARTE) Barbara Häbe (ARTE) |
| WRITERS | Gotthart Kuppel Thomas Stuber Hyoe Yamamoto based on an idea by Gotthart Kuppel |
| CASTING | Anja Dihrberg-Siebler, Takefumi Yoshikawa |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Filip Zumbrunn |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Caroline Dyrek |
| EDITING | Kaya Inan |
| MUSIC | |
| SOUND | Balthasar Jucker (original sound) Kai Tebbel (sound design) |
| ART DIRECTION | Jenny Roesler |
| COSTUMES | Katharina Schnelting Stephanie Fürst-Feldmann |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Miriam Blank |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
| LINKS | https://lineup.the-match-factory.digital/fall-festivals-25/the-frog-and-the-water |





