Philipp Kadelbach (“Nackt unter Wölfen”, “Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter”) and the responsible producers have not only succeeded in attracting a brilliant star cast with Jan Josef Liefers (“Vier gegen die Bank”), Jürgen Vogel (“Die Welle”), Richy Müller (“Schlussmacher”), Armin Rohde (“Nachtschicht”), Matthias Bundschuh (“Wir sind die Neuen”), André M. Hennicke (“Victoria”), Alwara Höfels (“Fack ju Göhte”) and Laura Tonke (“Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer”), and the members of the legendary band “Scorpions” were also invited to make cameo appearances. “So viel Zeit” was filmed in NRW and Berlin from February 20 to April 5, 2017 and was released in November 2018.
Content: Admittedly, Rainer’s(Jan Josef Liefers) life is not quite what he dreamed of. His job bores him, his wife has left him and his son would have liked a better dad. And Rainer also has a skeleton in his closet. He ruined the breakthrough of his band “Bochums Steine” on stage 30 years ago. His bandmates Bulle(Armin Rohde), Konni(Matthias Bundschuh), Thomas(Richy Müller) and especially Ole(Jürgen Vogel) have never forgiven him. As if that wasn’t enough, his doctor tells him that he doesn’t have long to live. End of the announcement? Not for Rainer! He decides to give it his all once again and takes off. He now wants to do one thing in his life right: The comeback of “Bochums Steine”! But how will his old bandmates react to the proposal? Can Rainer convince them that it’s never too late to live his dream? He has nothing left to lose and suddenly life is on Rainer’s side again…
“So viel Zeit” is a UFA FICTION production in co-production with Feine Filme and ARD Degeto and in cooperation with Sky, supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the German Federal Film Board FFA, the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media BKM and the German Federal Film Fund DFFF. Producers are Benjamin Benedict, Sebastian Werninger (UFA FICTION) and Hermann Florin (Feine Filme), executive producer is Verena Monssen. Carolin Haasis (ARD Degeto) is the editor. The film is directed by Philipp Kadelbach. The film is based on the successful novel of the same name by Frank Goosen, the screenplay was written by Stefan Kolditz, Malte Welding and Thomas Sieben. “So viel Zeit” will be released in German-speaking territories by Universum Film in cooperation with UFA Distribution. Global distribution will be handled by Global Screen in cooperation with UFA Distribution. Free-TV exploitation will be handled by ARD Degeto. The pay-TV channel partner is Sky.