STAGES

There is really only one thing that has been pushing Ina all her life and for which she would do anything: to be on stage and to enthrall the audience. But cancer turns her life upside-down and suddenly nothing seems the same as it was before.

SYNOPSIS

Actually, there is only one thing that Ina already drives their lives and for which she would do anything: to stand on stage. But a not insignificant fact is Ina way. Her breast cancer has thrown her whole life upside down and now nothing seems to be as it once was. Now that Ina has survived all therapies she puts everything to fulfill her dream of acting. In a rush she runs through her "new-found" life, forgetting her own past. She must learn to accept the course of life and thereby, not to displace the disease, which is a part of it.

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

“The Target was not to make a film about "breast cancer". The focus in this film is aimed at life. And so our story begins where many others stop: After the completion of therapy. Then, when it is again: "Back to Life!" We do not show any solutions with this film. Each case of cancer is different and not applicable to others. Every patient is experiencing his illness different and everyone has to find his way himself. So so does our protagonist "Ina" too. It is a story of many. Over a lifetime, a woman who sometimes thoughtful true, then brings back to laugh. A story that desire and hope of life awakens.

– Marek Beles

CAST / TEAM

Anna Brüggemann ("Ina")

Johannes Allmayer ("Ben")

Katrin Bühring ("Klara")

Heiner Heusinger ("Jelinek")

Original Title Stages
Genre Feature/Drama
Length 80 min.
Format HD, 16:9, Color
Languages German
Locations Zurich / Switzerland
Production Country Germany / Switzerland
Release 2005
Co-Producers Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SRF
In cooperation with AOK
Funding Federal Office of Culture (BAK)
Zurich Film Foundation, Filmbüro Bremen

Director Marek Beles
Director of Photography Andrea Gatzke
Producer Carolina Schegg, Igor Dovgal
Screenplay Nadine Fiebig
Location Manager Phillip Funk, Simon Keller
Film Music Jochen Fuchs
Film Editor Marco Baumhof
Set Photographer Franziska Fink
1st Assistant Director Matthias Bittner
Second Unit Camera Matthias Fleischer
Assistant Camera Eva Radünzel, Enno Grabenhorst, Jürgen Daum
Gaffer Christoph Stammberger

Original Sound Marco Teuffen
Sound Design Manuel Gerber
Script/Continuity Alexander Frank
Costume Design Aline Beeli
Makeup Design Carolin Olbricht
Set Design Ana Rocha Fernandes

STAGES

There is really only one thing that has been pushing Ina all her life and for which she would do anything: to be on stage and to enthrall the audience. But cancer turns her life upside-down and suddenly nothing seems the same as it was before.

SYNOPSIS

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

CAST / TEAM

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