TOKIO HOTEL - BEYOND THE WORLD

A film by Oliver Schwabe

At the age of nine, German twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz decide to become famous. Aged twelve, they form a band together with Gustav Schäfer and Georg Listing that would go on to conquer the world as Tokio Hotel from 2005.

They are admired, ridiculed, hated and adored … And a gigantic success: they go platinum in 60 countries, concerts are sold out and the androgynous Bill becomes a style icon.

Rich and famous in their early 20s, the twins fly to Los Angeles by private jet, leaving behind thousands of devoted fans and a life behind protective walls. They want their freedom back … without knowing what the future holds.

The film delves into the lives of the band, accompanying Bill and Tom through Californian deserts and visiting Gustav and Georg in their hometown, Magdeburg, on the banks of the river Elbe.. They talk about the price of success, the inseparability of twins, about love, sexuality, home and music. The band comes together in a Berlin studio to produce their new album and to prepare for their next world tour.

With steely determination and a lifetime of experience already, the band follows their childhood dream: the pop fairy tale that is Tokio Hotel continues…

with: BILL KAULITZ, TOM KAULITZ, GEORG LISTING, GUSTAV SCHÄFER

Script and direction: Oliver Schwabe
Editing: Christan Becker
DoP: Benjamin Wistorf

with: BILL KAULITZ, TOM KAULITZ, GEORG LISTING, GUSTAV SCHÄFER

2nd camera: Nikolas Jürgens, James Rodney Stolz, Claire Jahn, Oliver Schwabe,
Chance Foreman, Steffen Bohn, Sebastian Stahl
Sound: Filipp Forberg, Martin Ehleben, Oliver Prasniker
Sound Mix: Corinna and Tobias Fleig
Color correction: Dany Schelby
Graphics: Thomas Schmidl
Production managers: Rolf Bremenkamp, Monika Mack, Rainer Baumert / RBB

Producer: Birgit Schulz
Commissioning editors: Christian von Behr / RBB/arte, Birgit Keller-Reddemann / WDR, Oliver Schwehm / (ARTE)

A Bildersturm Filmproduktion production in co-production with RBB, ARTE and WDR
Subsidised by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

 



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