13 Semester
- Max Riemelt: Moritz ( Momo )
- Dietermann: Professor Shepherd
- Robert Gwisdek: Dirk
- Amit Shah: Aswin
- Moritz Pliquet: Arne
- Daniel Zillmann Kathe
- Cyril Sjöström: Flo
- Alex Holike: Youth Hostel Guest
- Benjamin Kramme: Uwe
- Michael Herl: Hennes
- Alexander Fehling: Bernd
- James Meuser: Jacques
- Maria Vogt: Bibbi
- Claudia Eisinger: Kerstin
- Ole Micha Spörkel: Hans
- Anna Gränzer: Annika
- Sebastian Schwarz: Suso
- Catherine Hackhausen: Rieke
13 semester ( Subtitle: The early bird may me once ) is a German comedy film from 2009 The film tells the story of friends Moritz and Dirk, who come from a small town in Brandenburg at the Technical University of Darmstadt, there to Business Mathematics. study.
The film was premiered on 29 September 2009 at the Zurich Film Festival and shown at the Hof International Film Festival. He started on January 7, 2010 in the German cinemas.
Action
The friend Moritz and Dirk get a commitment for a place at the TU Darmstadt and make their way out of their small Brandenburg native village to the big city to study business mathematics. Once there, the lives of two friends developed completely different. While Dirk on the fast track are gas and flourish in lectures, assignments and tutorials, Moritz loses more and more in the throes of student life and soon missed the connection.
True to the motto "The early bird may me time " rather he celebrates with his roommate Bernd extensively parties and lurches with various part-time jobs through life. On one initiated by Bernd Party of the residential community, he learns, finally, his dream woman Kerstin, with whom he also comes together after a few detours.
When he is thrown out of the study group due to lack of motivation, in which he wrote his friend Dirk is involved, grabs him for a short time a new ambition. Together with his fellow Indian Aswin who leads his life in an exemplary manner and discipline, Moritz gets again the curve and there is a bachelor's degree. Out of gratitude, he shows Aswin the more pleasant sides of student life and takes him to drink beer. This means that the life also of Aswin takes a decisive turn, which, as it turned out, is totally unexpected for everyone. This decides to surprise his friends for a life as a trader of soap products, which he promotes and sells by teleshopping.
After undergraduate Moritz traveling for a semester abroad in Australia. These scenes are displayed behind each other in the film through multiple photo sequences and Moritz - depending on who he 's talking about his stay abroad - otherwise retold. He reported, for example, his professor a completely different story than about his friend Bob.
When he arrives back in Germany, he meets in a laundromat Kerstin again, with whom he soon comes together on it. The relationship runs first harmonic, but soon the mood changes, as Moritz is with himself and his life unhappy. This leads to the fact that Kerstin separates from him and Moritz takes off from the joint WG with Bernd.
At this point, the film takes a turn. Moritz meets his old friend Dirk again, who now works in Frankfurt. In a conversation with him it is clear that Dirk has indeed always taken the direct route to the goal, but ultimately it is not certain whether this has been the best way. Moritz summarizes new courage and decides to take his studies finally over. He starts again by right and is his diploma.
Finally, Dirk Moritz and open its first store in Australia a dumpling snack chain that they operate successfully together. What will become of Moritz and Kerstin, the film only hints at and leaves the end open.
Background
The basic template of the film is based in experiences of Koautors Oliver Ziegenbalg. He studied business mathematics and was also his diploma. According to the director, there are other references to real life, resulting from memories of his own student life.
Frieder Wittich learned the band Bonaparte at a small concert in Berlin know and invited the group spontaneously to participate in the shooting of 13 semesters. Thus, it was also the song anti, the title track, which is repeatedly presented in the movie and in the credits. The group said the film from a concert and wrote for the film, a new song that is heard in the end credits.
Amit Shah, who takes on the role of Aswin in the film, spoke at the beginning of the shooting little German. He taught this on its own during the shoot at.
Production
The shooting of 13 semester found from 31 March to 13 May 2008 in Darmstadt instead. The fourth largest city in the state of Hesse had been able to prevail in a preselection including against Munster, Karlsruhe and Konstanz. The locations on site sometimes different locations of the Technical University of Darmstadt, the cafeteria of the University of Darmstadt, the University and State Library, the dormitory Karlshof and the bar of the chamber Games of the local State Theatre, the inner-city Naturbadesee Big Woog, the Lord Garden and other places in the near area, including Frankfurt and Offenbach am Main.
Publication
13 Semester celebrated on 29 September 2009 at the Zurich Film Festival premiere. On the Hof International Film Festival Production started on October 28 of the year for the first time in Germany. On 23 November 2009, the film was listed in the University of Darmstadt in front of around 750 people and was shown a day later when Filmz Festival in Mainz at the sold residence cinema. In Berlin, the film was shown on 14 December 2009. Official release date was finally January 7, 2010. France the film 2 May 2012 his TV debut, entitled 13 semestres.
The film was released on DVD on October 22, 2010 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment FSK -12 release.
Success
In Germany the film on the first Vorführwochenende attracted around 56,700 spectators in the cinemas and was thus placed at # 7 at the box office. Overall, the film saw by the end of 2010, nearly 175,000 visitors. The comedy thus placed itself at number 29 of the most successful productions of the year.
Soundtrack
On January 8, 2010 Colosseum Music Entertainment released a soundtrack to the film, which includes 20 music tracks.
Reception
The reviews of 13 semester fell broadly positive: On Kulthit.de the film is lauded as a counterpart to the many U.S. student comedies. Filmszene.de emphasizes character development and kino.de speaks of a successful coming-of- age comedy that reflects the real student life very well. Cinema holds the film, however, rather for " authentic" as funny and 13 denotes semester as tragicomedy.
Andreas R. Becker of movie starts verdict: " " 13 Semester "is an entertaining and amiable German College Comedy, in Director Wittich after a few teething problems in significantly less faux pas occurs as was feared. Authentic, sensitively and with humor they negotiated quite essential questions about the "how" and "Where " in life and are also differentiated answers. Here and there is way high even taken one or the other cinematic stereotype to a pleasing manner, so that just does not happen exactly as you would expect. "
Awards
Claudia Eisinger 2012 was awarded the Günter Strack TV Award as best young actress.