DER SPAZIERGANG NACH SYRAKUS
A Stroll to Syracuse - based on the novel "Der Spaziergang von Rostock nach Syrakus" by Friedrich Christian Delius


SYNOPSIS
In the middle of his life, Paul Gompitz from Rostock makes the decision to travel to Syracuse in Sicily. He is driven to follow in the footsteps of the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume. But: Paul lives in the GDR, behind the most annoying border in the world. His plan is impossible by legal means. So he has to prepare an escape.

DIRECTORLars Jessen
YEAR2025
STATUSproduction

 
CASTCharly Hübner

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHPandora Film Produktion
Florida Film
in co-production with
ZDF
ARTE
in cooperation with
Kino Produzioni (Italy)
SUPPORTED BYDeutscher Filmförderfonds
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
MOIN Filmförderung
M/V Filmförderung
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
IDM Südtirol
FFA
BKM
//// development supported by
MOIN Filmförderung
BKM
WORLD SALES
GERMAN DISTRIBUTORPandora Film Verleih

 
LENGTH
FORMAT
SHOOTING LOCATIONGermany & Italy
ORIGINAL LANGUAGEGerman

 
PRODUCERSClaudia Steffen; Christoph Friedel; Fee Buck (Pandora Film)
Maren Knieling; Lars Jessen (Florida Film)
Giovanni Pompili (Kino Produzioni)
Daniel Blum (ZDF)
Julius Windhorst (ZDF/ ARTE)
Birgit Kämper (ARTE)
Charly Hübner (coproducer)
WRITERSHeide Schwochow
Rainer Schwochow
CASTINGMarion Haack
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYKristian Leschner
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTCaroline Dyrek (production manager)
Cecile Heisler-Zigulla (1st asst. director)
Massimiliano Navarra (line producer Italy)
EDITINGSebastian Thümler
MUSIC
SOUND
ART DIRECTIONJenny Roesler
COSTUMESAnette Schröder
MAKE UP HAIRUta Spikermann

 
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