Love in Thoughts

Love in Thoughts
Love in Thoughts DVD cover
Directed by	Achim von Borries
Written by	Hendrik Handloegten Annette Hess
Produced by	Stefan Arndt
Starring	Daniel Brühl August Diehl Anna Maria Mühe Thure Lindhardt
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	February 12, 2004 (Germany)
Running time	89 min.
Language	German

Love in Thoughts (German: Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken) is a German film directed by Achim von Borries. It was released in Germany on February 12, 2004. The main characters are played by August Diehl, Daniel Brühl, Anna Maria Mühe and Jana Pallaske.

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Plot

The movie takes place in late 1920s Berlin. It opens with Paul being questioned by police about a note he had written. The scene then fades out, and the movie shows what happened. Paul, a shy virgin poet who is tired of being alone and heartbroken, is friends with an openly gay aristocrat boy, Guenther, who is suffering unrequited love for Hans. Paul is staying at Guenther's parents' country home over the weekend. The parents are absent. Guenther's sister Hilde, who stole Hans' heart besides, is loved by Paul, for whom Guenther has budding feelings, which complicates the brother-sister relationship. Hilde has no interest in committing to a relationship with Paul, however. Guenther invites some people over to have an all-night party, filled with alcohol, music, and sex. It is one of their last parties, since Paul and Guenther have made a suicide pact. Guenther, Paul, Hans and Hilde go through a series of couplings, conversation and partying before proceeding to Hilde and Guenther's parents' apartment in the city. There the drama ends with gunshots. The question is what actually happened. The film is based on a "true" story, the so-called "Steglitz school tragedy".

Cast

Daniel Brühl as Paul Krantz
August Diehl as Günther Scheller
Anna Maria Mühe as Hilde Scheller
Jana Pallaske as Elli
Thure Lindhardt as Hans
Verena Bukal as Rosa
Julia Dietze as Lotte
Buddy Elias as Dr. Frey
Luc Feit as Zipfer
Marius Frey as Bittner
Holger Handtke as Wieland
Jonas Jägermeyr as Pit
Roman Kaminski as Vorsitzender bei Gericht (Chairman)
Christoph Luser as Macke
Tino Mewes as Django
Thomas Neumann as Kommissar Peters
Thomas Schendel as Kommissar Kraus
Fabian Oscar Wien as Fritz
Jürgen Wink as Lehrer Krähe
Melek Diehl as Partyguest
Clemens Fickweiler as Partyguest
Daniel Hischer as Partyguest
Nele Kalau as Partyguest
Monika Küpker as Partyguest
Kai Krambeer as Partyguest
Bodo Maier as Partyguest
Ivonne Meyer as Partyguest
Nicolai Paschke as Partyguest
Helena Pistor as Partyguest
Olga Regier as Partyguest
Anna-Zoe Schmidt as Partyguest (as Zoe Schmidt)
Michael Schreiber as Partyguest
Undine Spiller as Partyguest
Ivan Shvedoff as Gast im Moka Efti (as Iwan Shvedoff)

Awards

Won

2005: German Film Critics Association Awards - for Best Actor: August Diehl
2004: Copenhagen International Film Festival - Golden Swan for Best actress: Anna Maria Mühe
2004: European Film Awards - Audience Award for Best Actor: Daniel Brühl
2004: New Faces Awards, Germany - for Best Director: Achim von Borries
2004: Undine Awards, Austria - for Best Young Actor - Film: August Diehl
2004: Verona Love Screens Film Festival - for Best Film: Love in Thoughts