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.

DIRECTORThomas Stuber
YEAR2025
STATUScompleted
FESTIVALS AWARDSTallinn Black Nights Competition 2025

 
CASTAladdin Detlefsen
Kanji Tsuda
Bettina Stucky
Cornelius Schwalm
Yuki Iwamoto
and Meltem Kaptan

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHPandora 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 BYFilm- 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 SALESThe Match Factory
GERMAN DISTRIBUTORPandora Film Verleih

 
LENGTH113 min.
FORMATDCP 2K
1:1.85
colour
5.1. sound
SHOOTING LOCATIONGermany
Switzerland
Japan
ORIGINAL LANGUAGEGerman with Japanese and English

 
PRODUCERSproducers:
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)
WRITERSGotthart Kuppel
Thomas Stuber
Hyoe Yamamoto
based on an idea by Gotthart Kuppel
CASTINGAnja Dihrberg-Siebler, Takefumi Yoshikawa
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYFilip Zumbrunn
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTCaroline Dyrek
EDITINGKaya Inan
MUSIC
SOUNDBalthasar Jucker (original sound)
Kai Tebbel (sound design)
ART DIRECTIONJenny Roesler
COSTUMESKatharina Schnelting
Stephanie Fürst-Feldmann
MAKE UP HAIRMiriam Blank

 
SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLEn/s
DVD VIDEO AVAILABLEn/s
LINKShttps://lineup.the-match-factory.digital/fall-festivals-25/the-frog-and-the-water

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