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Janin Halisch was born in East Berlin in 1984. She gained her first film experience at the Filmarche, a self-organised film school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Janin Halisch has been studying directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) since 2009. She graduated in 2022. To date, she has written and realised several short and medium-length films that have screened successfully at national and international festivals. She works as a freelance director, writer and dramaturge. In 2021 she shot three episodes of the 2nd season for the ZDF series “Echt“.

“Talk to me” is her first feature-length film, which was funded by the Leuchtstoff programme of rbb and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

Alina Theresa Stiegler (born 15 April 1993 in Eresing, Bavaria) has been acting in television, short film and cinema productions since 2005. Since 2011, she has appeared in the role of Johanna Girwidz in the ARD TV series “Hubert und Staller” alongside Christian Tramitz, Helmfried von Lüttichau and Michael Brandner. Stiegler made her cinema debut in 2011 in the literary adaptation of “Kasimir und Karoline“. In 2017, she was in the main cast of the second German Netflix production “Dogs of Berlin“, directed by Christian Alvart, alongside Felix Kramer and Fahri Yardim, among others. In 2018, she starred in the web series “Technically Single“.

Alina Stiegler completed her acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich from 2012 to 2015. During her training, she already took on her first roles at the Münchner Kammerspiele, such as Gudrun Ensslin in “Ulrike Maria Stuart” and in “Schnapsbudenbestien – der Untergang einer Familie” based on Emile Zola. Between 2015 and 2020, she was a member of the ensemble at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin. There she worked with directors such as Michael Thalheimer, Falk Richter, Herbert Fritsch and Thomas Ostermeier. Stiegler can still be seen as a guest at the Schaubühne, including in Ostermeier‘s production of Édouard Louis‘ novel “In the Heart of Violence“.

In February 2021, Alina Stiegler came out as part of the #actout initiative in SZ-Magazin with 184 other lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, non-binary and trans* actors*. In 2023, she was honoured as “Best Young Actress“ at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival for her leading role of Karo in Janin Halisch‘s feature film “Talk to me“.

Barbara Philipp (born 19 October 1965 in Wittlich) studied German language and literature as well as film and theatre studies at the Free University of Berlin after graduating from high school. She then completed her acting training from 1988 to 1993 at the Berlin acting school “Der Kreis” (Fritz Kirchhoff School) and the HB Studios in New York. She then returned to Germany and had theatre engagements at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer, the Berliner Ensemble and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. In 2018, she was involved in the “Wild World Forest – Theatre Performance” by BBM, the Divan Gallery and the Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve (Ferbitzer Forst, Gadow).

In 1994, Barbara Philipp made her film debut in the leading role of Franziska Bäcker in the ZDF film drama “Nah am Wasser“, directed by Marc Ottiker alongside Sven Pippig. In the same film she played in the short film “Spieglein, Spieglein“. From 1997 to 1998, she played the role of Katja Goldbach in the TV series “Die Kids von Berlin“. In 1999, she was cast as Bille in a supporting role in the Kerstin Gier film “Männer und andere Katastrophen“. In 2004, she was a regular cast member as Chief Inspector Hanne Krause in the ZDF crime series “Einmal Bulle, immer Bulle“.

Barbara Philipp was nominated for the 2004 German Television Award in the category “Best Supporting Actress“ for her role as drug addict Nina Grote in the Tatort episode “Das Böse” by Frankfurt investigative duo Dellwo and Sänger. Since 2010, she has played the role of LKA administrative employee Magda Wächter alongside Ulrich Tukur as Felix Murot in the Tatort episodes produced by Hessischer Rundfunk. From 2011 to 2017, she played Kriminaldirektorin Kessler in the ZDF crime series “Der Kriminalist“. In 2019, she took on the leading role in Matthias Steurer‘s “Viele Kühe und ein schwarzes Schaf” as veterinarian Beate Müller alongside Matthias Brenner and Oliver Konietzny. Since 2021, she has played a continuous supporting role in the ZDF hospital series “Doktor Ballouz” as petrol station owner Cindy.

In addition to her work on stage and in front of the camera, Barbara Philipp also works as a radio play narrator, including for Hessischer Rundfunk‘s “Radio Tatort“. Between 2010 and 2015, she recorded numerous radio plays and features for the radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

With her idiosyncratic, strong characters in “Die andere Heimat“, “Systemsprenger” and “Lara“, “König der Raben” and “Trauzeugen“, she shows her great versatility not only in the cinema but also on TV. In “Dark“, “Das Haus der Träume” and as the legendary gangster boss in “Babylon Berlin“, she can be seen in internationally successful series productions.

In 2023, Barbara Philipp completed filming the adaptation of Peter Weiss‘ play “The Investigation“. RP Kahl directed the extraordinary, artistically radical project for the cinema screen. Leonine Studios plans to release the film in cinemas on January 25, 2024. In 2023, Barbara Philipp was also in front of the camera for filming the Sky and WOW-produced 8-part series “Public Affairs” and for the exciting ZDF crime production “Death in Mombasa” (AT: “Moritz Wagner – Spur der Bilder“). Under the direction of Janin Halisch, produced by “No Fear Award” winning producer Clara Gerst, Barbara Philipp took on the leading role of mother Michaela in the multi-award-winning “coming of age drama” “Talk to me“.

Peter Lohmeyer (born January 22, 1962 in Niedermarsberg) studied acting at the Westphalian Drama School in Bochum from 1982 to 1984, making his stage debut in “Was heißt hier Liebe” at Schauspielhaus Bochum. He then played at theatres in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hamburg and the Schillertheater (Berlin). In 2009, he returned to the Bochum theatre for a new stage version of “Menschen im Hotel“.

He took on his first role in a television film in 1983 in “Der Kampfschwimmer” (directed by Alexander von Eschwege) and made his film debut in 1988 in “Tiger, Löwe, Panther” (directed by Dominik Graf). He became famous with “Die Straßen von Berlin” (1995 to 1998) and “Das Wunder von Bern” (2003, directed by Sönke Wortmann). In 1998, Peter Lohmeyer received the Gold Film Award for “Zugvögel” (director: Peter Lichtefeld) and in 2000 the Bavarian Television Award for “Der Elefant in meinem Bett” (director: Mark Schlichter). Since 2013, Peter Lohmeyer has appeared as Death in “Jedermann” at the Salzburg Festival. Peter Lohmeyer is a member of the German Film Academy.

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