Absolute Giganten
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| Absolute Giganten | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sebastian Schipper |
| Produced by | Stefan Arndt, Tom Tykwer |
| Written by | Sebastian Schipper |
| Starring | Frank Giering Florian Lukas Antoine Monot, Jr. Julia Hummer Jochen Nickel Albert Kitzl Guido A. Schick Silvana Bosi Barbara De Koy Michael Sideris Hannes Hellmann |
| Music by | The Notwist, Sophia and others |
| Cinematography | Frank Griebe |
| Editing by | Andrew Bird |
| Distributed by | X-Filme Creative Pool |
| Release date(s) | 1999 (Germany) |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Absolute Giganten is a 1999 German language film, directed by Sebastian Schipper. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving for ever, and involves drink, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table-football.
It was Schipper's first movie as a director. In the year 2000 the movie won the German Film Award in the category Outstanding Feature Film.
