Ich bin dein Mensch
I’m Your Man

Dan Stevens
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man by Maria Schrader
DEU 2021, Competition
© Christine Fenzl

Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man by Maria Schrader
DEU 2021, Competition
© Christine Fenzl

Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man by Maria Schrader
DEU 2021, Competition
© Christine Fenzl

Dan Stevens, Maren Eggert
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man by Maria Schrader
DEU 2021, Competition
© Christine Fenzl

Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man by Maria Schrader
DEU 2021, Competition
© Christine Fenzl
The multi-talented Maria Schrader, winner of a Silver Bear for acting and an accomplished filmmaker, has adapted a story by Emma Braslavsky and infused it with the suggestive forces of cinema. Displaying a deep understanding of acting chemistry, she aptly casts and directs her leading pair, who make an amusingly unnatural, failed match. But what more fertile terrain can there be than to study the frisson between analysis and feeling? After all, poetry can make use of left-brain logic too.
With
- Maren Eggert (Alma)
- Dan Stevens (Tom)
- Sandra Hüller (Employee)
- Hans Löw (Julian)
- Wolfgang Hübsch (Father Felser)
- Annika Meier (Cora)
- Falilou Seck (Dean Roger)
- Jürgen Tarrach (Dr. Stuber)
- Henriette Richter-Röhl (Steffi)
- Monika Oschek (Woman in Coffee Shop)
Crew
Director | Maria Schrader |
Screenplay | Jan Schomburg, Maria Schrader Based loosely on the story “Ich bin dein Mensch” by Emma Braslavsky |
Cinematography | Benedict Neuenfels |
Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
Music | Tobias Wagner |
Sound Design | Daniel Iribarren, Sebastian Morsch |
Sound | Patrick Veigel |
Production Design | Cora Pratz |
Costumes | Anette Guther |
Make-Up | Barbara Kreuzer, Andrea Allroggen |
Assistant Director | Tanja Däberitz |
Casting | Anja Dihrberg |
Line Producer | Marcus Kreuz |
Production Manager | Martin Rohrbeck |
Producer | Lisa Blumenberg |
Executive Producers | Maria Schrader, Dan Stevens |
Commissioning Editors | Jan Berning, Katharina Dufner SWR |
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Produced by
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Maria Schrader
The director and actor at the Opening Ceremony.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 09, 2021

Maria Schrader, Lisa Blumenberg, Jan Schomburg
The director, the producer and the co-author of the film.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

At the Q&A
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Summer bear
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Mariette Rissenbeek, Maria Schrader, Lisa Blumenberg, Jan Schomburg, sign language interpreter
A warm welcome for the film team.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Mariette Rissenbeek, Maria Schrader
The Executive Director and the director during Q&A.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Maria Schrader
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Lisa Blumenberg, Jan Schomburg
The producer and the co-author on the stage.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Jan Schomburg
He wrote the script together with the director.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Fascinated listeners
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain · Jun 12, 2021

Maren Eggert
The winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Jasmila Žbanić, Maren Eggert
The jury member and the winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Maren Eggert
The actor who won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Maren Eggert
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Hans Löw
The actor in the open-air cinema.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Falilou Seck
The actor at the premiere.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Hansjörg Weißbrich
The editor enjoys the applause of the audience.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Maria Schrader
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Maren Eggert
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Benedict Neuenfels
A demanded interview partner: the cinematographer at the premiere.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Maren Eggert, Maria Schrader
What's up there? Action on the Red Carpet.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Maria Schrader, Carlo Chatrian
The director and the Artistic Director.
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 14, 2021

Maria Schrader
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Jun 14, 2021
© Jens Koch

Maren Eggert
Ich bin dein Mensch · Competition · Jun 14, 2021
© Jens Koch
Maren Eggert | Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Video message by the award winner.
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man
Competition · Galas & Awards · Mar 05, 2021
Announcement of the Jury Decisions: Competition
The members of the International Jury - Ildikó Enyedi, Nadav Lapid, Adina Pintilie, Mohammad Rasoulof, Gianfranco Rosi and Jasmila Žbanić - have decided on the prizes in the Competition during the Industry Event.
Ich bin dein Mensch | I’m Your Man
Competition · Galas & Awards · Mar 05, 2021
Maria Schrader

She rose to international prominence as an actor in 1999 with Aimée & Jaguar for which she won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. She has worked with directors including Margarethe von Trotta, Doris Dörrie, Peter Greenaway, Max Färberböck, Rajko Grlic and Agnieszka Holland. She made her directing debut in 2007 with Love Life, from the novel by Zeruya Shalev. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, her film about Stefan Zweig’s life in exile, premiered at Locarno and won the Audience Award at the European Film Awards. In 2020, she was the first German director to win an Emmy for her work on the series Unorthodox.
Filmography
2007 Liebesleben (Love Life) 2014 24H Jerusalem; documentary , 1 episode 2016 Vor der Morgenröte (Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe) 2020 Unorthodox; series 2021 Ich bin dein Mensch (I’m Your Man)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021