DER FROSCH UND DAS WASSER
The Frog and the Water


SYNOPSIS
The cautious friendship between Stefan Busch, known to everyone as Buschi, and Mr. Hideo Kitamura begins on this special road trip. Buschi, who has refused to speak with his fellow human beings his entire life, blossoms on this journey to unknown places.

DIRECTORThomas Stuber
YEAR2025
STATUSpost-production

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

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHPandora Film Produktion
with Gretchenfilm
in co-production with
Hugofilm Features (Switzerland)
with Lomotion
and in co-production with
ZDF
ARTE
in co-operation
with Neopol
Hassaku Labs
Vesuvius Pictures
SUPPORTED BYFilm- und Medienstiftung NRW
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Deutscher Filmförderfonds
Hessen Film und Medien
Nordmedia
FFA and BKM
BAK Bundesamt für Kultur
Berner Filmförderung
FISS
development supported by
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
WORLD SALESThe Match Factory
GERMAN DISTRIBUTORPandora Film Verleih

 
LENGTHca. 100 min.
FORMATDCP 2K
1:1.85
colour
5.1. sound
SHOOTING LOCATIONGermany
Switzerland
Japan
ORIGINAL LANGUAGEGerman

 
PRODUCERSproducers:
Christoph Friedel & Claudia Steffen executive producer:
Fee Buck
co-producers:
Christof Neracher (Hugofilm)
Magdalena Welter (Lomotion)
Annegret Weitkämper-Krug (Gretchenfilm)
co-producers/ commissioning editors: Solveig Cornelisen (ZDF)
Julius Windhorst (ZDF/ ARTE)
Barbara Häbe (ARTE)
WRITERSGotthart Kuppel
CASTINGAnja Dihrberg-Siebler
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYFilip Zumbrunn
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTCaroline Dyrek
EDITINGKaya Inan
MUSIC
SOUNDBalthasar Jucker
ART DIRECTIONJenny Roesler
COSTUMESKatharina Schnelting
Stephanie Fürst
MAKE UP HAIRMiriam Blank

 
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