# Worst Case Scenario (2014 film)

Worst Case Scenario is a German film-within-a-film comedy by Franz Müller, which premiered at the Munich Film Festival on June 30, 2014, and was released in German cinemas on July 2, 2015. The feature film was made against the backdrop of a short-term film financing failure and was realized on a low budget.

## Synopsis

Film director Georg and costume designer Olga, his ex-girlfriend, want to shoot a comedy on a campsite in Gdańsk during the UEFA Euro 2012. It is to be his first comedy film for a mainstream audience. But the working conditions are not ideal for Georg. One month before the start of filming, Olga has broken up with him because he doesn't want to start a family. In addition, the film's producer and financier drops out on the first day of shooting. As a result, some of the film crew and actors quit their jobs one after the other. But despite these setbacks and difficult circumstances - the Polish actors hardly speak any German or English and it is raining constantly at times – Georg wants to realize his feature film and tries to make the best of the situation with constantly changing actors and a dwindling team. He adapts the plot of the film to the shooting situation. For example, residents of the Gdańsk campsite are incorporated into the film as amateur actors and extras.
In the midst of the chaos, Georg also finds out that Olga is pregnant, which does not please him at all. Especially as his current “baby”, his film project, is in danger of failing. But Georg remains defiant. The director, who orders his demotivated team around, is determined to realize his artistic vision of a World Cup comedy. His movie is more important to him and his ex-girlfriend's pregnancy becomes a minor matter. Meanwhile, the disappointed Olga seeks her fortune in Poland and ends up in the arms of the set runner. But Olga and Georg's endeavors are doomed to failure. In the end, they are at least left with the certainty that a worst-case scenario is still better than nothing happening at all.

## Cast

* Eva Löbau as Olga
* Samuel Finzi as Georg
* Mirek Balonis as Mirek
* Justyna Bartoszewicz as Justyna
* Janek Bielawski as Lukasz
* Florian Mischa Böder as Carsten
* Jakub Ehrlich as Kuba
* Malgorzata Hrynaszkiewicz as Lukasz's mother
* Mariola Kurnicka as Lukasz's sisters
* Vivian Mahler as Ingrid
* Fabian Miebach as Fabian
* Jutta Riedel as Jutta
* Maciej Sykala as Tadeusz
* Laura Tonke as Meike
* Elena Wegner as Elena

## Production

Worst Case Scenario was created based on a real background. In fact, director Franz Müller originally wanted to shoot a football comedy about the "trashy relatives" ("Assi-Verwandschaft") of German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the 2012 European Football Championship in Poland. However, six weeks before shooting was due to start, the funding for the film collapsed despite having been approved. Instead, Müller shot a low-budget comedy on a Gdańsk campsite full of soccer fans and also used the fact that the film funding had failed as the basis for the content of his feature film.

## Accolades

* 2014: Oldenburg International Film Festival - Nomination for the German Independence Award - Audience Award for Franz Müller
* 2016: German Screen Actors Awards - Nomination for the German Screen Actors Award in the category Best Actress in a Comedy Role for Laura Tonke
* 2016: German Screen Actors Awards - Nomination for the German Screen Actors Award in the category Best Actor in a Comedy Role for Samuel Finzi