Rabbit Without Ears (Keinohrhasen) | |
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Directed by | Til Schweiger |
Written by | Til Schweiger Anika Decker |
Produced by | Til Schweiger Thomas Zickler |
Starring | Til Schweiger Nora Tschirner |
Edited by | Charles Ladmiral |
Music by | Stefan Hansen Dirk Reichardt Mirko Schaffer |
Production companies | Barefoot Films Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany Seven Pictures |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Budget | €4,200,000 |
Box office | $74,000,000 |
Rabbit Without Ears (German title: Keinohrhasen, lit. "No Ear Rabbits") is a 2007 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger. Co-written by Anika Decker,[1] and starring Nora Tschirner and Schweiger himself, the plot revolves around yellow press reporter Ludo and his ex-classmate Anna, who reconnect after many years when he is sentenced to 300 hours of community service at her day-care facility.
Produced by Barefoot Films and Warner Bros. Germany, the film premiered in theaters across Germany on 20 December 2007, and became a surprise box-office hit, eventually grossing $74,000,000, mostly from its domestic run. By 20 April 2008, Keinohrhasen had reached over six million viewers, ranking it sixth on the list of the most successful German films in Germany since the beginning of the audience census in 1968.[2] Also a critical success,[3] the film was awarded the Goldene Leinwand, a Bogey Award, the Deutscher Comedypreis and a Bambi and received a nomination for the Audience Award at the European Film Awards 2008.[4]
A sequel, entitled Rabbit Without Ears 2, was released on 3 December 2009.