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The Police Officer’s Wife

GER 2013, 172 min

A film about the virtue of love, the virtue of curiosity, the virtue of joy.

Synopsis

A young couple lead a modest provincial existence with their small daughter. The husband is a policeman, a common middleclass civil servant. The wife stays at home and cares for their little girl, an alert and curious child, always looking up inquisitively at her mother. This beautiful, seemingly ordinary family live a frugal life of simple joys. It is also a life of increasing violence measured by the dark bruises of the police officer’s wife.

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Language: German, Subtitles: English

Credits

Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Philip Gröning
With
Alexandra Finder, David Zimmerschied, Pia & Chiara Kleemann, Horst Rehberg, Katharina Susewind, Lars Rudolph
Co-Author
Carola Diekmann
Editor
Hannes Bruun, Philip Gröning
Co-Editor
Karl Riedl
Sound
Marc Parisotto, Uwe Dresch
Sound Design
Fabian Schmidt
Production Design
Petra Barchi, Petra Klimek, Adan Hernandez S.
Art Director
Federica Bologna
Costume Design
Ute Paffendorf
Key Make-up Artist and Wardrobe
Magdalena Ocker, Claudia Schaaf
Casting
Suse Marquardt Besetzungsbüro, Susa Marquardt, Catherine Bode
Casting of the Children
Verena Angsuesser
Commissioning Editor
Cornelia Ackers (BR), Anne Even (ZDF/Arte)
Supervising Line Producer
Gilbert Moehler
Line Producer
Martin Blankemeyer, Christine Günther
Co-Producer
Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfäffli
Producer
Philip Gröning, Matthias Esche, Philipp Kreuzer, Werner Wirsing
Produced by
Philip Gröning Filmproduktion 
Co-produced by       
Bavaria Pictures, 3 L Filmproduktion, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bavaria Film
With the support of
ZDF/Arte
In cooperation with
Ventura Film SA with the support of RSI
Funded by
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Filmförderungsanstalt, Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien

DVD-Details

Extras
Three additional scenes, Interview with Philip Gröning, Behind the scenes, Trailer, Chapter menu
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color
Length
172 min + 45 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
1:2 (16:9 anamorph)
Sound Format
DD 5.1
Set-Content
Softbox (Set Inhalt: 1)
Release date
13.02.2015
Rating
From 16 years