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Kalifornia

Deutschland 2012/2013 Kurz-Spielfilm

The idyllic monotony surrounding 71-year-old Pavel’s white trailer is the perfect accompaniment to his rather melancholy retirement between the sand dunes and the sleepy harbour town nearby. The streets are deserted, the bus stop has long since been out of use, and even the pale dune grass can only bow down before the icy wind, just as it always has done. But then, one day, Pavel picks up the heavy receiver of his Bakelite telephone and calls his old friend Jack. He then sets off, straight ahead, for California. However, the more often he states the name of his destination, the less he seems to know where his path will actually lead him.

A road movie delicately filtered through a melancholic gauze, with a leading man who one could easily take to be a legitimate descendant of Buster Keaton’s sadly comic vagabond. Go West!

Source: 63. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Laura Mahlberg

Screenplay

  • Laura Mahlberg

Director of photography

  • Tony Kranz

Editing

  • Anton Wenzel

Music

  • Felix Thoma

Cast

  • Pavel Bobrov
    Pavel
  • Elvira Köhler
    Bibliothekarin
  • Anselm Breier
    Rollerfahrer
  • Barbara Kosariszuk
    Tankstellenverkäuferin
  • Benjamin Hille
  • Sebastian Borucki
  • Marion Bott
  • Joel Sanmartin
  • Curd Berger

Production company

  • Merz Akademie - Hochschule für Gestaltung (Stuttgart)

Producer

  • Laura Mahlberg
  • Tony Kranz

Alle Credits

Director

  • Laura Mahlberg

Screenplay

  • Laura Mahlberg

Director of photography

  • Tony Kranz

Assistant camera

  • Harry Delgas

Colour grading

  • Benjamin Nolde

Editing

  • Anton Wenzel

Sound design

  • Marco Schubert

Sound

  • Marco Schubert

Music

  • Felix Thoma

Cast

  • Pavel Bobrov
    Pavel
  • Elvira Köhler
    Bibliothekarin
  • Anselm Breier
    Rollerfahrer
  • Barbara Kosariszuk
    Tankstellenverkäuferin
  • Benjamin Hille
  • Sebastian Borucki
  • Marion Bott
  • Joel Sanmartin
  • Curd Berger

Production company

  • Merz Akademie - Hochschule für Gestaltung (Stuttgart)

Producer

  • Laura Mahlberg
  • Tony Kranz

Location manager

  • Constance Constantinescu
Duration:
28 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 30.08.2012, Heidelberg, Medienforum;
Aufführung (DE): 14.02.2013, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Kalifornia

Versions

Original

Duration:
28 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 30.08.2012, Heidelberg, Medienforum;
Aufführung (DE): 14.02.2013, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

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