Escalator Down (2005)

ALL 06/11/2005 (de) Drama 70 Min
  • Release
    06/11/2005
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Rolltreppe abwärts
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The film tells the story of Jochen, who lives with his divorced mother and her boyfriend. The family relationship is tense, the mother looks on helplessly. Out of frustration, Jochen steals a chocolate bar. Alex, an older classmate, observes him and takes advantage of the situation: Jochen begins to steal on Alex's behalf. Soon he is caught and sent to a reformatory... A group of students from Bonn filmed Hans-Georg Noack's bestseller for young people. “Escalator Down” is the successful debut of young filmmakers and impressively shows how a 13-year-old begins to steal and ends up in a downward social spiral. The writer Noack was so enthusiastic about the Bonn student group's script that he gave them exclusive permission to film his work. The result is remarkable and the film is particularly recommended for these reasons.

  1. Dustin Loose

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Timo Rüggeberg

    Jochen Jäger

  2. Justus Kötting

    Alex

  3. Ben Unterkofler

    Sven

  4. Jürgen Haug

    Herr Hamel

  5. Giselheid Hönsch

    Schwester Maria

  6. Diana-Maria Breuer

    Jochens Mutter

  7. Martin Harald Schmidt

    Fred Winkelmann

  8. Guido Renner

    Albert Möller

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 9

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Escalator Down (2005) 70 Min

ALL 06/11/2005 (de)
Drama
  • Release 06/11/2005
  • Production
  • Original title Rolltreppe abwärts
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The film tells the story of Jochen, who lives with his divorced mother and her boyfriend. The family relationship is tense, the mother looks on helplessly. Out of frustration, Jochen steals a chocolate bar. Alex, an older classmate, observes him and takes advantage of the situation: Jochen begins to steal on Alex's behalf. Soon he is caught and sent to a reformatory... A group of students from Bonn filmed Hans-Georg Noack's bestseller for young people. “Escalator Down” is the successful debut of young filmmakers and impressively shows how a 13-year-old begins to steal and ends up in a downward social spiral. The writer Noack was so enthusiastic about the Bonn student group's script that he gave them exclusive permission to film his work. The result is remarkable and the film is particularly recommended for these reasons.

  1. Dustin Loose

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Martin Backhaus

    Editor

  4. Christopher Zwickler, Dustin Loose

    Producer