Except for the blood - brothers on probation

Movie
Original title	Except for the blood - brothers on probation
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2010
length	113 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Oliver Kienle
script	Oliver Kienle
production	Ralf Hartmann , ; Verena Monßen, ; Jonathan Hild
music	Johnny Klimek , ; Reinhold Heil
camera	Moritz Reinecke
cut	Patrick Eppler
occupation
	Jacob Matschenz : Tommy Weber; Burak Yiğit : Pillar; Manualsen : Clay; Balder Beyer : Boar; Aylin Tezel : Sina; Liv Lisa Fries : Caro; Simone Thomalla : Sylvia Weber; Konstantin Frolov : Lesha; Peter Lohmeyer : school director; Anja Klawun : Caro's mother; Lennart Betzgen : Tommy as a school child; Tan Ipekkaya : Sule as a school child;

Until the Blood - Brothers on Probation is a German feature film by Oliver Kienle. Jacob Matschenz and Burak Yiğit play the leading roles in the youth drama about friendship and hip-hop as a way of life, while rapper Manuellsen makes his first film appearance. Oliver Kienle's script was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Scriptwriting Prize. The premiere took place on January 21, 2010 as part of the Max Ophüls Prize film festival, where the film won several prizes. The movie was released in Germany on September 23, 2010.

action

The Würzburg adolescents Tommy and Sule are best friends who stand up for each other even in danger. They get into it again and again through their drug deals. Tommy is caught by the police while dealing and has to go to jail, where he is mistreated by his fellow prisoners. After his parole, he vows to refrain from drugs. But Sule pulls him into a new deal in order to earn the money for his own tuning workshop. Only after another stay in prison can Tommy break away from Sule and work on his school leaving certificate.

background

The film was produced by CP Medien AG in co-production with Südwestrundfunk ( debut in the third edition , editor: Stefanie Groß) and the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy . Until the blood - Brothers on probation is the diploma film by Oliver Kienle (director), Verena Monssen and Jonathan Hild (film production), Moritz Reinecke (camera) and Patrick Eppler (editor) at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. The shooting took place from mid-April to the end of May 2009 in Würzburg and the surrounding area.

Awards

Oliver Kienle (left) and presenter Knut Elstermann at the presentation of the film in the competition for MFG-Star Baden-Baden 2010

2009: Thomas Strittmatter Screenplay Award from the MFG Film Funding Baden-Württemberg.

2010: At the Max Ophüls Preis film festival , the film won the audience award , the student jury award and a distribution grant of 9,000 euros. According to the jury, Bis zum Blut is a "powerful, linear film that is always forward, dynamic, young, playful and entertaining."

2010: Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award (director) to Oliver Kienle

2010: German Camera Award , Feature Film Category - Best Editing to Patrick Eppler

2010: EZetera Film Prize at the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival to Jacob Matschenz and Burak Yiğit

2010: First Steps in the full-length feature film category

2010: MFG-Star Baden-Baden

2011: Admission to the preselection for the German Film Prize

2011: Bavarian Film Prize 2010 in the young actor category to Jacob Matschenz and Burak Yiğit

Web links

Unto blood - brothers on probation in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Until the blood - brothers on probation at filmportal.de

(with photo gallery and trailer)
Thematic and aesthetic background information (pdf), film & curriculum from the Institute for Cinema and Film Culture
Until the blood: How a young Lower Franconian wants to conquer the film world , Mainpost.de from March 3, 2009

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Bis zum Blut - Brothers on probation . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 491 K).

↑ Manuellsen: first film role , hiphop.de, accessed on January 25, 2010

↑ SWR.de: Start of shooting for “Debut in the Third” cinema production “Bis zum Blut” , requested on July 28, 2009

^ MFG Film Funding Baden-Württemberg: Thomas Strittmatter Prize. (No longer available online.) In: film.mfg.de. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; accessed on December 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ Jury statements 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 165 kB), accessed on January 26, 2010@1@ 2

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Bis zum Blut - Brothers on probation . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 491 K).

[2] Manuellsen: first film role , hiphop.de, accessed on January 25, 2010

[3] SWR.de: Start of shooting for “Debut in the Third” cinema production “Bis zum Blut” , requested on July 28, 2009

[4] MFG Film Funding Baden-Württemberg: Thomas Strittmatter Prize. (No longer available online.) In: film.mfg.de. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; accessed on December 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2