BECKS LETZTER SOMMER

17-year-old Rauli is the outsider in his school until his music teacher Robert Beck discovers his outstanding musical talent: he plays the guitar and is a gifted singer. Beck is willing to manage and promote Rauli, but he follows his own hidden agenda: once a promising young musician himself, he is trying to make his comeback into the music business. But Rauli too has his little secrets. There is also the young waitress Lena, trying to find a balance between her tender feelings for Beck and making her own living.

Rauli’s mysterious family backgrounds. Anna Lind — the incarnation of the erotic teenage queen for every teacher and pupil. And Beck’s only friend Charlie — the gigantic African-German and real philosopher. All of them are on a journey to their inner selves – and they all will arrive, but not always as expected.

Director

FRIEDER WITTICH was born in 1974 in Stuttgart. From 1993-1995, he served as a camera assistant for the broadcasters SAT.1 and the Landesstudio Stuttgart, followed by an internship from 1995-1996 with the scriptwriters Krystian Martinek and Neithard Riedel in Hamburg. From 1996-1998, he co-wrote four TV movies together with Krystian Martinek. From 1998-2005 he studied at the University of Television & Film in Munich. His films include: MOSQUITO (short, 1999), OPUS (short, 2002), 13 SEMESTERS (2009), and BECK’S LAST SUMMER (2015).

photos © CLAUSSEN+PUTZ Filmproduktion/Oliver Vaccaro