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Between the Lines - Indiens drittes Geschlecht

Deutschland 2004/2005 Dokumentarfilm

Between the Lines - India′s Third Gender
"Between the Lines" is a documentary film on photographer Anita Khemka′s attempt to depict the lives of Indian eunuchs, the so-called "hijras". Although hijras are outcasts in Indian public life, many Indians believe them to bring fertility even though the hijras are infertile themselves. "Between the Lines" portrays three of these eunuchs who are connected by their physical specialty and spiritual power but have lived completely different lives.

 

Credits

Director

  • Thomas Wartmann

Screenplay

  • Thomas Wartmann (Konzept)
  • Dorothea Rieker (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Thomas Riedelsheimer

Editing

  • Thomas Riedelsheimer

Music

  • Nils Kacirek
  • Prakash S. Desai
  • Om Prakash Chaukan

Production company

  • Filmquadrat Filmproduktion (München)

Producer

  • Thomas Wartmann
  • Thomas Riedelsheimer

Alle Credits

Director

  • Thomas Wartmann

Screenplay

  • Thomas Wartmann (Konzept)
  • Dorothea Rieker (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Thomas Riedelsheimer

Assistant camera

  • Dhrag Bogal

Still photography

  • Anita Khemka

Editing

  • Thomas Riedelsheimer

Sound

  • Nararayan Therar

Audio mixing

  • Hans-Reinhard Weiss

Music

  • Nils Kacirek
  • Prakash S. Desai
  • Om Prakash Chaukan

Participation

  • Laxmi
  • Rhamba
  • Asha
  • Anita Khemka

Voice

  • Annette Wunsch

Production company

  • Filmquadrat Filmproduktion (München)

in co-production with

  • Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (Stuttgart)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Producer

  • Thomas Wartmann
  • Thomas Riedelsheimer

Producer (TV)

  • Ulrike Becker

Line producer

  • Markus Breimaier

Unit production manager

  • Wangchuck T. Fargo

Location manager

  • Shalaka Sidodian Mahindra

Post-production

  • Gerhard Schabel

Original distributor

  • Stardust Filmverleih GmbH (München)

Funding

  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)

Shoot

    • Bombay und Umgebung, Rambha
Duration:
94 min
Format:
DV - überspielt auf 35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): August 2005, Locarno, IFF - Semaine de la Critique;
Kinostart (DE): 31.08.2006;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 22.01.2008, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Between the Lines - Indiens drittes Geschlecht
  • Weiterer Titel Between the Lines - India's Third Gender
  • Untertitel (DE) Indiens drittes Geschlecht zwischen Mystik, Spiritualität und Prostitution

Versions

Original

Duration:
94 min
Format:
DV - überspielt auf 35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): August 2005, Locarno, IFF - Semaine de la Critique;
Kinostart (DE): 31.08.2006;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 22.01.2008, Arte

Awards

Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis 2006
  • Vision-Award
IFF Turin 2005
  • Publikumspreis
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/between-the-lines-indiens-drittes-geschlecht_1728f73eb9727fc4e04053d50b37653b