Baumbacher Syndrome

Tobias Moretti ist Max Baumbacher
The international project is about a talk show host who wakes up one day with an unusually deep, almost magical voice and becomes famous worldwide overnight.

Max Baumbacher is the youngest German talk show host in television history. For eighteen years, the now 52-year-old has dominated the German TV show business, enjoying prestige, fame, and money. Late-night show host Max Baumbacher wakes up one morning with an unusually deep, almost magical voice. News of this unprecedented change quickly spreads around the world, prompting the host to hide from the public in his manager's Spanish villa. When Max meets the young, crazy Fida and his depressed son from a previous relationship unexpectedly visits him, Max must face his past.

Awards
2021: Ludwigshafener Auszeichnung, Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen
2020: Evolutionary Island Award, Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
2020: Bester Spielfilm, Snowdance Independent Filmfestival
Festivals
2019: Int. Hofer Filmtage (Opening Film)
2019: Kinofest Lünen
2020: Snowdance Independent Filmfestival
2020: Filmfestival Kitzbühel
2020: Transatlantyk Festival, Posen
2020: Bieberch Filmfestival
2020: Filmfestival Türkei/Deutschland, Nürnberg
2020: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
2020: Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
2020: Istanbul Film Festival
2021: Festival des deutschen Films, Ludwigshafen
Feature Film
Completed
90 minutes
Director
Gregory Kirchhoff
Script
Gregory Kirchhoff
Director of Photography
Dino von Wintersdorff
Sound Design
Marc Bargmann
Cinema Sound Mix
Andreas Hellmanzik
Post Production
Cine Complete
Color Grading
Andreas Hellmanzik
Mastering
Cine Complete
Cast
Tobias Moretti
Production
Kimotion Pictures
Kinescope Film
Line producer
Matthias Greving
Sophie Florentine Schüttfort
Gregory Kirchhoff
Funding
nordmedia - Film- und Mediengesellschaft mbH