I've never been to New York (movie)

Movie
Original title	I have never been to New York
Country of production	Germany , Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	2019
length	129 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 JMK 0
Rod
Director	Philipp Stölzl
script	Alexander Dydyna
production	Regina Ziegler , Sebastian Werninger , Nico Hofmann , Christoph Müller
music	Christoph Israel
camera	Thomas Kiennast
cut	Sven Budelmann
occupation
Heike Makatsch : Lisa Wartberg Moritz Bleibtreu : Axel Staudach Katharina Thalbach : Maria Wartberg Uwe Ochsenknecht : One-dancer Otto Michael Ostrowski : Fred, the makeup artist Pasquale Aleardi : Costa magician on board Marlon Schramm : Florian Staudach, Axel's son Stefan Kurt : Captain Andreja Schneider : Edita Mat Schuh : Dancer James Philipp Hochmair : Doctor Franziska Weisz : Check-In Lady Cornelius Obonya : Broadcasting Director Shadi Hedayati : nurse Frank Zander : Trucker Judith Neumann : Polly Katja Sallay : flight attendant Jessica Petra Blossey Annette Mayer Isabel Trimborn

I've never been to New York is a German-Austrian fiction film from 2019 by Philipp Stölzl based on a script by Alexander Dydyna with Heike Makatsch , Moritz Bleibtreu , Katharina Thalbach , Uwe Ochsenknecht , Michael Ostrowski and Pasquale Aleardi . The film is based on the musical of the same name by Gabriel Barylli and Christian Struppeck with songs by Udo Jürgens (2007). The cinema release was in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on October 17, 2019. The premiere was on October 9, 2019 in the Cinedom in Cologne .

action

Lisa Wartberg is a successful television presenter, for her her job is the top priority. She has no time to worry about her idle love life, nor about her lonely mother Maria. After the audience ratings for Lisa's show drop, she threatens to lose her job. Actually, she should look after her career in this situation, but her mother loses memory after falling in her apartment. Maria is admitted to the hospital and can only remember that she has never been to New York . She escapes from the hospital and smuggles himself as a stowaway on a luxury cruise ship .

Lisa and her make-up artist Fred go looking for her mother and find her on board the MS Maximiliane . Before the three of them can leave the ship, the ocean liner casts off and so they involuntarily embark on a journey across the Atlantic . As a result, they are exposed as stowaways and condemned to cleaning. On board, Lisa meets Axel Staudach and his son Florian, Axel and Lisa get closer. Meanwhile, Maria meets the dancer Otto, who claims to have a common past with her, which Maria cannot verify due to her accident and the lack of memory. Fred, on the other hand, falls in love with the Greek magician Costa.

Production and Background

The shooting took place from April 30th to June 26th, 2018, the shooting took place in the MMC Studios in Cologne , in the Studio Babelsberg and in Sofia (Bulgaria).

The film was produced by UFA Fiction (Sebastian Werninger and Nico Hofmann ), Ziegler Film ( Regina Ziegler ), Mythos Film ( Christoph Müller ), in co-production with Freddy Burger , Universal Pictures Productions and the Austrian Graf Film by the Carinthian producer Klaus Graf .

The production was supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, the Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg , the Filmförderungsanstalt and the German Filmförderfonds .

Max Meindl was responsible for the sound, Matthias Müsse for the production design, Nora Bates and Thomas Oláh for the costumes and Gerhard Zeiss for the mask. The choreography comes from Christopher Tölle . The Zaubertrixxer were responsible for the illusions that the Greek on-board magician Costa shows together with the make-up artist Fred and coached the actors Pasquale Aleardi and Michael Ostrowski. The budget was around 12 million euros.

Compared to the stage template, the plot of the film has been heavily revised, for example complete character biographies and relationships have been changed.

Music track

1. Thank you for the flowers - Heike Makatsch, Cornelius Obonya and Michael Ostrowski
2. But with cream , please - Stefan Kurt, Katharina Thalbach, Heike Makatsch and Michael Ostrowski
3. Greek wine - Pasquale Aleardi, Michael Ostrowski, Andreja Schneider and Katharina Thalbach
4. Everything that is good for you - Uwe Ochsenknecht and Mat Schuh
5. At the age of 66 - Katharina Thalbach
6. Give me your fear - Moritz Bleibtreu
7. Seventeen years old, blond hair - Uwe Ochsenknecht and Katharina Thalbach
8. Love without suffering - Marlon Schramm
9. Show me the place in the sun - Katharina Thalbach, Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Mat Schuh, Pasquale Aleardi and Michael Ostrowski
10. What I want to tell you - Uwe Ochsenknecht
11. I want, I can - I can, I will - Moritz Bleibtreu and Heike Makatsch
12. Stay until breakfast - Marlon Schramm, Moritz Bleibtreu and Heike Makatsch
13. Illusions - Katharina Thalbach, Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Pasquale Aleardi and Michael Ostrowski
14. I've never been to New York - Katharina Thalbach
15. I know what I want - Uwe Ochsenknecht, Pasquale Aleardi and Heike Makatsch
16. Merci, Chérie - Moritz Bleibtreu
17. The sun rises again and again - Uwe Ochsenknecht and Katharina Thalbach
18. The rest of your life begins today - Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marlon Schramm, Pasquale Aleardi, Michael Ostrowski, Uwe Ochsenknecht and Katharina Thalbach
19. I've never been to New York - Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pasquale Aleardi, Uwe Ochsenknecht and Katharina Thalbach
20. Love without suffering - Pasquale Aleardi, Heike Makatsch, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Katharina Thalbach, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marlon Schramm and Andreja Schneider
21. What is important - Heike Makatsch

reception

Oliver Kube described the film on filmstarts.de as the German answer to Mamma Mia! and found that the musical would still get the corner after an almost completely spoiled start. “People sing and dance in a relaxed and lively manner, while the atmosphere in the cinema is likely to rise.” The first 20 to 25 minutes are sometimes very exhausting, songs like Thank you for the flowers and the theme song are given away in short fragments interrupted by speech passages . The first song that actually works is Greek Wine , charismatically performed by Pasquale Aleardi . From then on, the film ran much rounder up to the grand finale, with mood-setting numbers like At 66 , Give me your fear and everything that is good for you .

Andreas Fischer in the Weser Kurier gave a similar judgment , who also said that you have to get through the first 20 minutes: “An unbearable TV chick rushes through the scenes, fantastic songs are wasted and countless characters are introduced hectically. [...] But at some point the steamer leaves, and then comes I have never been in calmer waters in New York and still picks up speed. Then you sing along, sway, clap, feel blissful and elated. ”Philipp Stölzl stages the film as a lively frenzy of brightly colored colors and ludicrous choreographies. Everything is allowed, as long as it's fun and can be backed up with a song quote.

Peter Zander described I have never been to New York in the Berliner Morgenpost as the “good mood film of the year”, and even the last one who despised Jürgens would find himself secretly humming along in the dark of the cinema at some point. The fact that the protagonists are forced by the time on board to think about how much they are trapped in their previous life and bypassing real life is a subtext that one would not necessarily expect in such an easy conversation. However, the film was not the very big masterpiece, it would have been a bit too long for that, and in the end the big song and dance finale was missing.

Awards and nominations

German Film and Media Rating (FBW)

• "Particularly valuable" rating

Bambi Awards 2019

• Nomination in the category Actor National ( Uwe Ochsenknecht )

Ernst Lubitsch Prize 2020

• Katharina Thalbach

41st Bavarian Film Prize

• Special award ( Philipp Stölzl )

German Film Award 2020

• Nomination in the category Best Production Design ( Matthias Müsse )
• Nomination for Best Supporting Male Role ( Pasquale Aleardi )
• Nomination in the category Best Visual Effects and Animation ( Sven Martin )
• Nomination in the category Best Make-up Image ( Gerhard Zeiss )
• Nomination in the category Best Costume Design ( Thomas Oláh , Nora Bates )

Romy Awards 2020

• Nomination in the category of best feature film
• Nomination in the category Best Film Production (Regina Ziegler, Nico Hofmann, Sebastian Werninger, Klaus Graf, Christoph Müller and Freddy Burger)
• Nomination in the category Best Picture Creation Cinema (Thomas Kiennast)

Web links

• I've never been to New York in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• I've never been to New York on filmportal.de
• I've never been to New York at crew united
• Official Trailer from Universal Pictures at Youtube (video)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for I've never been to New York . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 191692 / K).
2. ↑ Age rating for I've never been to New York . Youth Media Commission .
3. ↑ I've never been to New York | filmportal.de. Retrieved November 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ I've never been to New York. Retrieved November 19, 2019 . 
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6. ↑ ^{a b} I've never been to New York. In: film.at. Retrieved October 4, 2019 . 
7. ↑ A lavish premiere of "I've Never Been To New York". In: filmecho.de . October 10, 2019, accessed October 10, 2019 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} German film rating and media rating FBW: I've never been to New York . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Oliver Kube: I've never been to New York: The German answer to "Mamma Mia!" In: filmstarts.de . Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} I've never been to New York at crew united . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
11. ↑ I've never been to New York: First trailer is here. In: film.tv. July 30, 2019, accessed October 5, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Martina Welt: "Zaubertrixxer" from Niederkassel: These magicians teach the movie stars the tricks. In: General-Anzeiger . October 16, 2019, accessed October 19, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Martin Schwickert: “I've never been to New York”: Love without suffering. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung / RND . October 15, 2019, accessed October 15, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Soundtrack: All songs from the musical adaptation "I've never been to New York" with lyrics. In: songtexte.com. November 9, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Andreas Fischer: Flee from all constraints. In: Weser Courier . October 10, 2019, accessed October 10, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Peter Zander: Udo-Jürgens-Musical: "I've never been to New York" - but please with good taste. In: Berliner Morgenpost . October 14, 2019, accessed October 15, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Three Bambis for German film - these are the nominees. In: Focus.de . October 23, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Actress Katharina Thalbach receives the Ernst Lubitsch Prize. In: Der Tagesspiegel . November 16, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Bavarian Film Prize for Anne Ratte-Polle and Lars Eidinger. In: br.de. January 17, 2020, accessed January 17, 2020 . 
20. ↑ I've never been to New York. In: deutscher-filmpreis.de. Retrieved March 11, 2020 . 
21. ↑ ROMY Academy Awards: The playing field for experts. In: Kurier.at . March 11, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 .