The web series Emmy & Christin is about the best friends Emmy (Anna Marlene Wirtz) and Christin (Elena Halangk), who share a desire of adventure that leads them to disastrous events. The two producers and writers give us an insight on their inspirations, explain how it all started on social media and what the series has to do with Quentin Tarantino. Marco Eisenbarth talks about his experience as DOP and the risk he took shooting the iconic looking final scene of Emmy & Christin.

Anna Marlene Wirtz studied the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and acts for independent movies. She gained experiences with web series through her roles in Anomalie (2019) and the German-Korean co-production Lotte Haus (2019). Elena Halangk mainly acts for image and independent movies, but also had a role in the funk web series Country Girls (2017). Marco Eisenbarth, who is successful with his wrestling documentary series Bastards. (2019) and Bastard2. Bad Company (2021), co-produced by the Hessian TV Broadcasting which can be seen in the ARD Mediathek was the DOP of Anomalie (2019), where he met Anna Marlene Wirtz. She later asked him to be the cinematographer for Emmy & Christin (2020).

Text: Celina Schmitt
Interview: Lisa Heimbach, Chris Tom Mathews, Celina Schmitt
Camera: Chris Tom Mathews
Sound: Lisa Heimbach
Editing: Chris Tom Mathews, Lisa Heimbach

Emmy & Christin (2020)
Country: Germany
Genre: Black Comedy, Dramedy
Runtime: 3 x 10 min
Director: Regina Grimm
Writers: Elena Halangk, Anna-Marlene Wirtz
DOP: Marco Eisenbarth
Producers: Anna-Marlene Wirtz, Elena Halangk
Cast: Anna-Marlene Wirtz, Elena Halangk, Letizia Bohl, Kevin Silvergieter, Philipp Boos, Olga Prokot