Directed by:
Marcus H. RosenmüllerCinematography:
Stefan BieblComposer:
Ina Meredi ArakelianCast:
Luis Vorbach, Jona Gaensslen, Marie Leuenberger, Serkan Kaya, Margarita Broich, Katharina Marie Schubert, Arnd Schimkat, Stephan Taubert, Butz Ulrich Buse (more)Plots(1)
Frido is a fun-loving kid and, just like most kids his age, a little lazy in school. One day during a town fair he encounters an enchanted mirror. With the mirror’s magic, he is able to create a ‘doppelgänger’, or double, of himself – who is just perfect at everything that he is not. With the help of his double, who proves to be very clever at school, Frido starts to give up more and more responsibility, not only in class but also at home. At first it is a lot of fun. He tells his secret to his best friend Emil and soon all of his classmates find out and make copies of themselves, too. Slowly but surely, the kids realise that they miss their old lives. No one goes to school anymore and the freaky doubles start to take over. The kids decide to take action by setting a trap that will return the doubles into the mirror just in time. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Luis Vorbach
Best movies:
The Perfect Secret (2019)
The Little Witch (2018)
Die Himmelsleiter (2015) (TV movie)
Jona Gaensslen
Best movies:
Marie Leuenberger
West Germany
Best movies:
Will You Marry Us? (2009)
The Divine Order (2017)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Serkan Kaya
West Germany
Best movies:
How About Adolf? (2018)
Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror (2019)
Margarita Broich
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)
Sources of Life (2013)
Katharina Marie Schubert
West Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Arnd Schimkat
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
It's Just a Phase, Honey (2021)
Stephan Taubert
East Germany
Best movies:
Lara (2019)
Forwards Ever! (2017)
Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror (2019)
Butz Ulrich Buse
West Germany
Best movies:
The Keeper (2018)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
Xari Wimbauer
Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror (2019)