Life is beautiful! Actually… but perhaps also a bit too average. Marie and Markus Baumgartner (Stefanie Stappenbeck and Matthias Koeberlin) with their two average children in the average row house in Siegen realize this, however, only when an invitation from the almost forgotten school friend Heike Steiner (Christina Hecke) flutters into the house. While Marie and Markus have contentedly lived out their compromises, they have to realize when they arrive: Heike has realized all her life’s dreams. Whether it’s her husband Hans (Götz Otto), her job or her dream house on the lake – the Steiners’ life leaves nothing to be desired. That’s it for Marie’s satisfaction. Suddenly, the 40-year-old is in the middle of a midlife crisis! Her life, a collection of missed opportunities and wrong decisions? Marie doesn’t want to show her face and turns from a doctor’s assistant into a cardiologist for her friends and turns Markus into Mr. Perfect. The romantic weekend without children turns into a gauntlet in search of the meaning of life. When Markus gets fed up with Marie’s optimization mania, he launches a counteroffensive and the nice average life threatens to fall apart….

In addition to Stefanie Stappenbeck and Matthias Koeberlin, Christina Hecke, Götz Otto, Peter Prager, Stephan Luca and others are in front of the camera. The film is directed by Tobi Baumann. The screenplay was written by Johann A. Bunners and Martin Dolejs.

“Neid ist auch keine Lösung” is a commissioned production by Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne, Wolfgang Cimera. The editorial office at ZDF is headed by Thorsten Ritsch. Filming took place from July 21 to mid-August 2015 in Munich and at Ammersee.

  • Regie
    Tobi Baumann

    Buch
    Johann A. Bunners, Martin Dolejs

    Kamera
    Michael Boxrucker

    Szenenbild
    Josef Sanktjohanser

    Kostüm
    Matthias Vöcking

    Casting
    Sandra Köppe

    Film Editor
    Eva Lopez Echegoyen

    Produktionsleitung
    Monika Krück

    Herstellungsleitung
    Andreas Breyer

    Producerin
    Susanne Flor

    Produzent
    Wolfgang Cimera

    Produktion
    Network Movie, Köln

    Redaktion
    Thorsten Ritsch

    Die Darsteller

    Stefanie Stappenbeck
    Matthias Koeberlin
    Christina Hecke
    Götz Otto
    Katharina Stark
    Leopold Schmidt
    Konstantin Schmidt
    Peter Prager
    Stephan Luca
    Bibiana Beglau
    Sanne Schnapp
    Victoria Fleer
    Brigitte Zeh
    Marie Nasemann
    Luise Deschauer