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Anmaßung

Deutschland 2019-2021 Dokumentarfilm mit Spielhandlung

Anamnesis

"What do we see when we can't see something?" This is the question that Chris Wright, one of the two directors, poses off-screen at the beginning. It's a big question and one that takes him to the heart of a key dilemma in documentary filmmaking. What we don't see is the face of the most important figure in the film, Stefan S., who is serving a life sentence in a Brandenburg jail. He can leave the prison from time to time; release on parole is also a possibility, but the weight of the guilt hangs heavy. Stefan S. killed a female colleague of his after stalking her. This generates unease. Who wants to deal with a criminal? Who wants to even see him?

Filmmakers Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe have never been ones to separate off the difficult facets of human existence. They keep looking, even as Stefan S. withdraws. They substitute the absence of the perpetrator’s face by allowing a puppet and two puppeteers to take the stage, supplemented by masks, reflections and projections. The film is held together by the motif of threads and strings, and the voiceover has the courage to express doubts about the entire endeavour.

Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Stefan Kolbe
  • Chris Wright

Screenplay

  • Stefan Kolbe (Konzept)
  • Chris Wright (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Stefan Kolbe

Editing

  • Chris Wright

Music

  • Johannes Winde

Production company

  • Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH (Leipzig)

Producer

  • Heino Deckert

Alle Credits

Director

  • Stefan Kolbe
  • Chris Wright

Screenplay

  • Stefan Kolbe (Konzept)
  • Chris Wright (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Stefan Kolbe

Colour grading

  • Alexander Beyer
  • Stefan Kolbe

Production design

  • Luise Henriette Ehrenwerth

Sculptor

  • Peter Lutz (Puppenbau)

Editing

  • Chris Wright

Sound design

  • Rainer Schwarte

Sound

  • Chris Wright

Music

  • Johannes Winde

Participation

  • Nadia Ihjeij
    Puppenspiel
  • Josephine Hock
    Puppenspiel

Production company

  • Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH (Leipzig)

in co-production with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) / 3sat (Mainz)

Producer

  • Heino Deckert

Producer (TV)

  • Nicole Baum (ZDF / 3sat)

Executive producer

  • Heino Deckert

Line producer

  • Tina Börner

Unit production manager

  • Prisca Beyer

Original distributor

  • GMfilms (Berlin)

Funding

  • Kulturelle Filmförderung Sachsen (Dresden)
  • Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH (MDM) (Leipzig)
  • Creative Europe Desk Deutschland (Hamburg/Potsdam/München/Düsseldorf)

Shoot

    • 15.08.2019 - 17.10.2019
Duration:
115 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.05.2021, 206331, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Forum, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 09.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Forum, Open Air Kino HKW;
Kinostart (DE): 22.07.2021

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Anmaßung
  • Schreibvariante (DE) Anmassung
  • Weiterer Titel Anamnesis

Versions

Original

Duration:
115 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.05.2021, 206331, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Forum, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 09.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Forum, Open Air Kino HKW;
Kinostart (DE): 22.07.2021

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/anmassung_5eea16b79ccf48b8b4788c7479d21c1a