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Thriller · Drama

2020 · 14 m · German

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Take Me Home

– A thriller short film about a night that changed everything.

A heist gone wrong pushes Bee, Sunny, and Coach's friendship to the breaking point. When the plan falls apart and Bee is shot, every second counts. As they race to safety, their true colors are revealed.

Key Facts

Shooting time: January–March 2019

Location: Oberstenfeld

Target group: Adults

Take Me Home

14m

Bee, Sunny and Coach's friendship is put to the test during their night-time robbery of a petrol station. When the seemingly safe plan fails and Bee is shot, every second counts. Coach races to the safety of the hideout, but on the way there the three friends show their true colors.

Trailer

1m

Enjoy our official trailer for Take Me Home - a short film about a gas station robbery testing the friendship of our three robbers and revealing secret motifs.

Outtakes

5m

Highly motivated and professional filmmakers made our short film Take Me Home possible. Despite all the enthusiasm, super funny things and bizarre situations also happened. A little fun on set is a must. Enjoy!

Interview with the Producers

2m

We want to tell stories and entertain our audience. Here we explain what our short film Take Me Home is and why the project means so much to us.

Who is Johnny?

4m

On the set of our short film Take Me Home, one thing is essential: Time to improvise. We decided to ignore the otherwise quite serious story and just let the talents in front of the camera do their thing. The result? Sit back and see for yourself. And don't take it too seriously ;-)

  • Daniel Chadalakian Kurz

    Sunny

  • Sabine Heinen

    Bee

  • Ferdi Özten

    Coach

Press

"Entertaining, bloody, exciting. The acting is convincing. The story is perfectly staged for the short amount of time. What more could you want. A clear recommendation!

– Viewer on Amazon Prime Video

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“It's a shame that it's only a short film, but I think it's very good. In my opinion, it's a good example of how you should never trust anyone blindly.

– Viewer on Amazon Prime Video

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Credits

Bee: Sabine Heinen

Coach: Ferdi Özten

Sunny: Daniel Chadalakian Kurz

Writer & Director: Robert Peichl

Producer: Robert Peichl, Natalie Kölbl, Daniel Chadalakian Kurz

Set Manager: Ellen Baramidze, Louis Haas

DoP: Natalie Kölbl

Camera: Natalie Kölbl, Lukas Hoffmann

1.AC: Laila Tkotz

2.AC: Eric Mazanec, Vanessa Wollenschläger

Sound Mixer: Hüseyin Demirci, Marc Lehnert, Domenik Lange, Marco Hörter, Luis Greschner

Gaffer: Amadeus Bramsiepe

Lighting Technicians: Cynthia Ruf, Jonathan Hölz, Britta Dörig, Anastasiya Sultanova

Script & Continuity: Gabriella Montagna, Ellen Baramidze

Make Up & SFX: Alexander Ernst

Setrunner: Jenny Gießler

Editor & Colorist: Natalie Kölbl

Composer: Daniel Chadalakian Kurz, Luis Greschner

Dialogue Editor: Hüseyin Demirci, Jonathan Kaufmann

Sound Designer: Jonas Heinemeyer, Jonathan Kaufmann

Sound Mixer: Jonathan Kaufmann, Hüseyin Demirci

Subtitles: Carolina Track, Theresa Heil, Luisa van der Vorst

Title Designer: Johannes Lörz

Print Supervisior: Sonja Seeburger