''After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (german: Nach Fünf im Urwald), sometimes also known as ''It's a Jungle Out There'', is a 1995 German romantic comedy film directed by

Hans-Christian Schmid Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for '' 23 — Nichts ist so wie es s ...

and starring

Franka Potente Franka Potente (; born 22 July 1974) is a German actress. She first appeared in the comedy film '' After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (1995), for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when sh ...

in her first film role. The film tells the story of a 17-year-old girl Anna who, in search of freedom in an urban environment, runs away from home with a boy who has a crush on her. Her parents launch into a search for Anna and, during the process, reminisce about their own search for freedom in their youth. The film was intended to be a

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and had a screening in October 1995 at the

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where Hans-Christian Schmid was awarded the Best New Director Promotional Award (also known as Eastman Support Prize for Up-and-Coming Talent).Blaney, Martin
Schmid wins prestigious Hof film award
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'', October 29, 2001. Accessed February 10, 2010.Blaney, Martin
Donnersmarck brothers win Hof's Eastman Support Award
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'', October 27, 2002. Accessed February 10, 2010 During the festival, the German distributing company Senator Film picked up the film for theatrical distribution and the film opened in German theaters on April 25, 1996. At the 1996

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, Franka Potente won the award for Best Young Actress. The film was also nominated for accolades at the 1997 Bavarian Film Awards where it won the award for Best Production.Bavarian Film Awards: 1997

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. Accessed February 10, 2010.

Cast

as Anna *

Axel Milberg Axel Theodor Klaus Milberg (born 1 August 1956) is a German actor. His most prominent role is that of ''Tatort'' investigator Klaus Borowski. Selected filmography * ''After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (1995) * ' (1996) * ''Father's Day'' (1 ...

as Wolfgang *

Dagmar Manzel Dagmar Manzel (born 1 September 1958) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1979. She starred in the 1986 film '' So Many Dreams'', which was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festiv ...

as Karin * Farina Brock as Clara *

Sibylle Canonica Sibylle Canonica (born 26 April 1957) is a Swiss actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1981. Canonica received her training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She played at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, the Schil ...

as Johanna * Peter Ender as Oliver *

Max Urlacher Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ( ...

as Ben * Thomas Schmauser as Simon *

Johann von Bülow Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

as Nick *

Julia Thurnau Julia Thurnau (born 21 May 1974) is a French-German fine artist and actress. She is working in the field of fine arts as a part of the collective ClaudeHilde as such she developed the social Sculpture "artist at work" together with Margarita Br ...

as Mick's friend

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* {{Hans-Christian Schmid 1996 films 1996 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films German coming-of-age comedy films 1990s German-language films Films directed by Hans-Christian Schmid 1990s coming-of-age comedy films 1990s German films

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