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Baby
Directed byPhilipp Stölzl
Written by
CinematographyMichael Mieke
Edited bySven Budelmann
Music byIngo L. Frenzel
Release dates
Running time
104 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Baby is a 2002 German drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl, starring Alice Dwyer, Lars Rudolph and Filip Peeters. It tells the tragic story of a father, his daughter and the father's best friend, after the wives of the two men have died in a car crash. The film was Stölzl's feature-film debut.

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered on 2 July 2002 at Filmfest München. It was released theatrically in Germany on 26 February 2004.[1]

Reception

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David Rooney of Variety wrote:

A suspenseful melodrama about an unorthodox family unit, Baby represents a slick but distancing feature debut for German commercials and musicvideo director Philipp Stolzl, who made clips for Rammstein, Faith No More, Garbage and Madonna, among others. Blighted by a script that fails to create even one engaging character with any evident emotional transition, the film aims for a droll, dark register but comes off as merely smug and cold.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Baby". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ Rooney, David (23 October 2002). "Review: 'Baby'". Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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