Germany / Nov 06, 2025 / Cottbus Film Festival
30min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In this film, shot in Drachhausen/Hochoza in southern Brandenburg, film students from Potsdam reinterpret Schiller's play ‘Die Jungfrau von Orleans’ (The Maid of Orleans) and set it in Lower Lusatia. Johanna, the harvest queen, campaigns for the expansion of a solar park. She is celebrated by many for this, but some are hostile towards her. After the cock plucking/łapanje kokota, a scandal erupts in the ballroom.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sonnenkönigin |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, ZDF/3sat |
| Release date | 6 novembre 2025 |
| Production | Licia Frieda Flocke |
| Writer | Oskar Gaston Koller, Emma Weß |
| Editing | Anton Umbach |
| Cinematography | Friedemann Röse |
| Assistant directors | Oskar Gaston Koller |
| Camera operators | Friedemann Röse |
| Additional photography | Friedemann Röse |
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| Production design | Lily Horn |
| Art direction | Lily Horn |
| Set decoration | Lily Horn |
| Music | Angela Boutros, Frida Lehmann |
| Sound | Frida Lehmann, Angela Boutros |
| Costume design | Marisa Bayer, Jasmin Xenia Knitter, Anne-Marie Walther |
| Makeup | Anne-Marie Walther, Marisa Bayer, Jasmin Xenia Knitter |
| Hairstyling | Anne-Marie Walther, Marisa Bayer, Jasmin Xenia Knitter |
| Budget | 30.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
TV
Germany / Nov 22, 2025 / TV-Premiere @ 3Sat/ZDF & Mediathek
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