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Release Date:
September 30, 2021
Original Title:
Billy Kuckuck - Angezählt
Alternate Titles:
Angezählt
Billy Kuckuck: Be Counted
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Family | TV Movie
Production Companies:
ARD
ARD Degeto
FFP New Media
SWR
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
Former boxing world champion Kai Burdenski is up to his ears in debt and can neither pay rent nor electricity for his boxing school. This is tragic not least because he trains teenagers from youth welfare, for whom his run-down hall has become a home. In particular, the young, talented asylum seeker Samy, who lost her entire family while fleeing Afghanistan, has taken Burdenski under his wing. It doesn't take long for bailiff Billy Kuckuck to understand that the former boxing professional is more than just a coach for Samy and the other young people, namely also a social worker and surrogate father. Therefore, Billy looks for ways and means to help the boxing legend, and turns to his daughter Jessica. But she only saw her father from his worst sides during his sports career and doesn't want to hear anything from him anymore. Burdenski's stubbornness and pride are not helpful here either.
Costume Design:
Barbara Schar
Director:
Thomas Freundner
Director of Photography:
Benjamin Dernbecher
Editor:
Andrea Schriever
Line Producer:
Beate Balser
Kirsten Frehse
Makeup Designer:
Astrid Mariaschk
Sylvia Niehues
Music:
Helmut Zerlett
Producer:
Anemone Müller
Simone Höller
Michael Smeaton
Production Design:
Ralf Mootz
Screenplay:
Stephan Pächer
René Förder
Sound:
Volker Henkels
Sound Designer:
Jochen Fenzl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Michael Gerlach
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