Kokowääh | |
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Directed by | Til Schweiger |
Produced by | Béla Jarzyk Til Schweiger Thomas Zickler |
Written by | Béla Jarzyk Til Schweiger |
Starring |
Til Schweiger Emma Tiger Schweiger Jasmin Gerat Samuel Finzi |
Music by | Dirk Reichdardt Mirko Schaffer Martin Todsharow |
Cinematography | Christoph Wahl |
Edited by | Constantin von Seld |
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Barefoot Films
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time
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126 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Budget | €5,650,000 (estimated) |
Kokowääh is a 2011 German film directed by Til Schweiger. It was released in German–speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) on 3 February 2011. The film stars Til Schweiger, his daughter Emma Tiger Schweiger, Jasmin Gerat and Samuel Finzi. Another of Schweiger's daughters, Luna Schweiger, makes a small appearance in the film. Kokowääh is an onomatopoetic depiction of the French pronunciation of coq au vin. A sequel, Kokowääh 2, was released on 7 February 2013 with Schweiger having returned as director, co-writer and producer.
Kokowääh is set in Berlin and Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. The plot concerns the travails of Henry (Til Schweiger), an established author of fiction, who must deal with the emergence of his 8-year-old natural daughter Magdalena (Emma Tiger Schweiger), the previously unknown product of a one-night indiscretion in . In the meantime, he is also working on the adaptation of a famous best–selling novel and reconciling with his ex–girlfriend Katharina (Jasmin Gerat), with whom he is working on the adaptation. Little Magdalena, still in the state of shock, loves her foster father Tristan (Samuel Finzi) more than the biological one. Throughout the film, Henry and Magdalena build a close relationship, which he eventually describes in his script "Kokowääh" (referring to the French meal "Coq au vin").
Kokowääh was filmed in Berlin and Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, from 21 July to 13 September 2010. The budget was estimated to be €5,650,000. The director and lead actor Til Schweiger and Béla Jarzyk, who also produced the film, wrote the script in a Turkish hotel in Berlin.