Nazi Germany. October 1944. A 60-year-old Jewish woman from the village Anrath in the Lower Rhine Region, is being deported.
Synopsis
The old Jewish woman being deported rides crossbar on the bike of an elderly village police man. They inevitably come closer than convention usually allows. He is resigned, to obediently follow orders, but fate seems to throw obstacles in the way of this journey.
Film Festivals, Screenings & Awards:
Let’s All Be Free Film Festival LABFFF
Veterans Film Festival
Kurzfilmfestival 2. Spitziale Espelkamp – Goldener Spitz
Near Nazareth Festival – Best Short
4th Smita Patil Documentary & Short Film Festival
International Film Festival of Lanzarote
Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival
KINOFILM, Manchester International Short Film Festival
58th Rochester Int’l Film Festival
Open Eyes Film Festival
Move Me Productions – Short Film Festival
European Short Film Festival
Eindhoven Film Festival
Year
2015
Film Length
19 minutes
Film Type
Narrative
Director/Writer
Gregory Hoppner
Assistant Director
Luisa Baede
Producer
Ewa Borowski
Cast
Axel Siefer
Wieslawa Wesolowska
Director of Photography
Dierk Fechner
Florian Brueckner
Editor
Katja Tornow
Subject Region
Germany
Music by
Fabienne Carlier
Sound Design
Jonas Thoma
Costume Design
Thomas Buerke
Funding
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany