Synopse
To know more than the CIA for a change! This biting spy satire is based on real events and lampoons the German intelligence agency BND, which was looking to land a prestige coup and messed up left, right and centre. BND biologist Arndt Wolf (Sebastian Blomberg) is absolutely convinced that Iraq is still producing the neurotoxin anthrax. But no-one’s interested – until the Iraqi asylum-seeker Rafid Alwan (Dar Salim) claims to have worked on Saddam Hussein’s secret chemical weapons programme as a engineer. Wolf and his boss Schatz (Thorsten Merten) are electrified: in contrast to the Americans, they have first-hand evidence! But the story is a fake and sets in train an absurd drama.
Regie
JOHANNES NABER (*1971) makes provocative political cinema. His film Der Albaner (2010) won the Max Ophüls Prize and Zeit der Kannibalen (2014) was awarded among other things the German Film Prize for Best Screenplay.
Info
Original Title: Curveball
International Title: Curveball - A True Story. Unfortunately.
Category: Feature
Section: Große Freiheit
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director: Johannes Naber
Screenplay: Oliver Keidel, Johannes Naber
Cast/Protagonists: Sebastian Blomberg, Dar Salim, Virginia Kull, Michael Wittenborn, Thorsten Merten, Franziska Brandmeier
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2020
Length: 108 min
Producer: Amir Hamz, Christian Springer, Fahri Yardim
Production company: Bon Voyage Films GmbH
Cinematography: Sten Mende
Sound: André Zacher
Editor: Anne Jünemann
Music: Johannes Naber
Production Design: Tamo Kunz
Costume Design: Juliane Meier, Christian Röhrs
World Sales: Arri Media International
Distributor: Christoph Ott, Filmwelt Verleihagentur GmbH
