PETROLIO

ECHO

Detective Harder takes on her first case after surviving a bomb attack during a police training mission in Afghanistan. The remains of a girl are discovered in a moor near the small German town of Friedland. But Harder's investigation falters from the outset - not least due to the discovery of a live bomb dating to the Second World War, which throws the Friedlanders and Harder herself into turmoil. 

MAREIKE WEGENER
FICTION
D - 2022, 98’, 4K, COLOR
synopsis

WRITER & DIRECTOR & EDITOR

Mareike Wegener

STARRING

Valery Tscheplanowa
Andreas Döhler
Ursula Werner
Felix Römer
Oskar Keymer

CASTING BY

Ulrike Müller

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Sabine Panossian, aac

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Ina Timmerberg

COSTUME DESIGN

Gitti Fuchs

GAFFER

Fabian Zenker

VFX ARTIST

Rudolf Germann

Colorist

Gregor Pfüller

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Laura Weber

COMPOSER

Thom Kubli

SCORE PERFORMED BY

WDR Big Band

DramaturGICAL ADVICE

Gabriele Brunnenmeyer
Christiane Büchner

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT

Boris Dillen

GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR

grandfilm

WORLD SALES

antidote sales

ProduCER

Hannes Lang
Mareike Wegener
for
PETROLIO FILM

Co-ProduCER

WDR

COMMISSIONING EDITOR

Andrea Hanke

FUNDED BY

Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
Deutscher Filmförderfonds

GERMAN THEATRICAL RELEASE

November 24th, 2022

Festivals (SELECTION)

2022:
Berlinale
Oldenburg Film Festival
Sudbury Int. Film Festival
Biberacher Filmfestspiele
exground Film Festival
Transit Film Festival

AWARDS

Nominee "Best First Film", Berlinale 2022
Nominee Grimme-Award, Spezial: Cinematography, 2025

PRESS (EN)

Reviews:
Int. Cinephile Society
Screen Daily