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THE WHITE RABBIT
The 13-year-old Sara, who makes friends with 16-year-old Benny during an online quiz – never suspecting that “Benny” is in fact a family man in his mid-40s, Simon Keller, a dedicated teacher who has classes in Media Education. While Sara feels increasingly misunderstood by her parents and her best friend Leonie, the sensitive Keller alias Benny quickly manages to gain the trust of the girl.
When Sara falls in love with 17-year-old Kevin over the Internet and soon finds herself being blackmailed by him about a photograph of herself naked, Keller offers to help the desperate girl. Meanwhile, Stuttgart CID is on the trail of Kevin’s criminal activities. But Keller can’t prevent Sara from undergoing a terrible experience, and the CID inspectors are also unable to stop the impending catastrophe…
Drama | 90 min. | SWR / ARD | 2016
Written by Holger Karsten Schmidt, Michael Proehl
Director Florian Schwarz
Camera Philipp Sichler
Executive Producers Simone Höller, Michael Smeaton
Producer Greta Gilles
Cast Devid Striesow, Lena Urzendowsky, Louis Hofmann, Shenja Lacher, Anja Schiffel, Julia Jäger, Patrick Heyn, Samia Chancrin, Eva Nürnberg, Christoph Schechinger u. a.
Awards, Competitions & Festivals
Saarländischer Rundfunk Preis
Prize of Saarländischer Rundfunk for leading actress Lena Urzendowsky
Grimme Preis
Grimme Award 2017 in the category ‘Fiction’
Internationales Filmfest - Emden Norderney
International Film Festival Emden/Norderney 2016 – Creative Energy Award for the authors Michael Proehl and Holger Karsten Schmidt
Festival des Deutschen Films - Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Media Culture Award at the Festival of German Film in Ludwigshafen 2016 for editor Claudia Gerlach-Benz. Ludwigshafen Screenplay Award 2016 for author Michael Proehl
Blauer Panther Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
The Blue Panther Bavarian Television Award 2017 for lead actor Devid Striesow
Festival De La Fiction
Festival de la Fiction – Competition in La Rochelle
Fernsehfilm Festival Baden-Baden
In competition at the Baden-Baden Television Film Festival
BUNTE new face awards
Nomination of the leading actress Lena Urzendowsky for the New Faces Award and the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award 2017
Prix Europa 2016
Nominated for the Prix Europa 2016
DFP 2017
German Television Award 2017 Nominated in the categories ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Music’ and ‘Best Book’
Deutscher Hörfilmpreis
Nominated for the 15th German Hearing Film Award 2017