Baby (2002 film)

Baby is a 2002 German drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl, starring Alice Dwyer, Lars Rudolph and Filip Peeters. It tells the tragic story of a father, his daughter and the father's best friend, after the wives of the two men have died in a car crash. The film was Stölzl's feature-film debut.

Cast

 * Alice Dwyer as Lilli
 * Lars Rudolph as Paul
 * Filip Peeters as Frank
 * Christian Grashof as Stiefel
 * Hamid Bundu as Tommy
 * Irina Platon as Lana
 * Mischa Hulshof as Johann
 * Fedja van Huêt as Polizist
 * Marc Prätsch as Wachmann
 * Illa Schöppe as Ramona

Release
The film premiered on 2 July 2002 at Filmfest München. It was released theatrically in Germany on 26 February 2004.

Reception
David Rooney of Variety wrote: "A suspenseful melodrama about an unorthodox family unit, Baby represents a slick but distancing feature debut for German commercials and musicvideo director Philipp Stolzl, who made clips for Rammstein, Faith No More, Garbage and Madonna, among others. Blighted by a script that fails to create even one engaging character with any evident emotional transition, the film aims for a droll, dark register but comes off as merely smug and cold."