THE FAIRY TALE OF SWAN LAKE

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Prince Friedrich leads a life that many dream of: his friends Toni and Benno are always up for fun, he lives in an enchanted castle and has no obligations whatsoever. Until his mother, Queen Luise, decides that it is time for him to marry.
But Friedrich prefers to flee with his friends to the mysterious forest of the sorcerer Rotbart. There, at Swan Lake, he meets the enchanted Odette. During the day, she must live as a swan, and only true love can break the spell.
Friedrich and Odette grow closer, which displeases the wizard Rotbart. After all, he wants to see his daughter Odile at the prince's side so that he can seize the entire kingdom. In an attempt to deceive them, he puts the prince to the test: will Friedrich succeed in recognising the real Odette and breaking the spell?

Cast

Riccardo Campione, Samirah Breuer, Silke Bodenbender, Fritz Karl, Frederic Balonier, Chieloka Jairus, Aykut Kayacik, Jule Hermann, Ben Münchow, Daniel Sträßer

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Directed by

Christian Theede

Written by

Silja Clemens, Barbara Miersch

Casting

Karl Schirnhofer

DOP

Lena Katharina Krause

Sound Engineer

Bennet Switala

Production Design

Andreas C. Schmid

Costume Design

Laura Yasemin Schäffler

Hair & Make-up

Stella Gade, Petra Herzler-Grossmann

Editing

Martin Rahner

Colour Grading

Tobias Wiedmer

Music by

Dominik Giesriegl, Florian Riedl

Sounddesign

Macarena Ruz

Sound Mixing

Samuele Zandron

Set Manager

Ingo Stroot

Line Producer

Sandra Böttger

Commissioning Editors (SWR)

Lene Neckel, Stefanie v. Ehrenstein

Producers

Christoph Holthof, Daniel Reich