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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2004 |
21ST CENTURY SILENTS |
| Film Title |
EINE HOMMAGE AN CHARLIE CHAPLIN |
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| Country |
Germany |
| Release Date |
2002 |
| Production Co. |
Stefan Pößiger |
| Director |
Stefan Pößiger (also prod) |
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| Digital video |
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| Footage |
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Time |
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55' |
| Archive Source |
Günter A. Buchwald |
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| Print Notes |
Didascalie in tedesco / German intertitles. |
| Cast |
| Marina Hartwig (Die Tochter / the daughter), Claudia Herb (Die Mutter / the mother), Andreas Berger (Der Vater / the father), Mirko Scheit (Der böse Professor / the professor), Michael Schneider (Der Gehilfe des Professors / the professor’s assistant), Manuel Stühn (Der Polizist/Der Radfahrer/Der Kellner im Café/Das falsche Mädchen / policeman/cyclist/waiter in café/false girl), Fatih Baran (Der Barkeeper in der Bar/Der Mann mit dem Bart / barkeeper in bar/man with beard), Andreas Rein (Der Gangster in der Bar/Der Zeitungsleser im Café / gangster in bar/newspaper-reader in bar), Barbara Bertram, Nicole Reißfelder, Ute Harter (Die drei Damen im Park / three women in the park), Hannah Lemminger (Das kleine Mädchen / little girl), Finn Lemminger (Das Baby / the baby), Hans-Jörg Banaj (Der Barkeeper im Café / barkeeper in café), Stefan Pößiger (Der Autofahrer / car driver), Willi Schmider (Der Landarbeiter / the old farmer), Artur Rotfuß (Ein Tramp / a tramp) |
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| Other Information |
a project of the School for Deaf Children, Freiburg-Stegen, website; www.stummmfilmf.de.vu
Accompagnamento musicale dal vivo di / Live musical accompaniment by Günter A. Buchwald.
orig. format: Super-8 |
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| Program Notes |
Stefan Pößinger (34) teaches at the School for Deaf Children in Freiburg-Stegen. He was a versatile musician until he suffered hearing problems. In his role as a teacher, he asked himself, “What can I do with deaf children in the art sector – Music? Theatre?
“—SILENT FILM!”
He found a Super-8 camera, and enough black-and-white stock to shoot maybe 8 minutes. He let the children play. Someone told him how to dub, and how to make people disappear. The story began to take shape.
He let the children play more .... and the story grew longer and longer, with everybody contributing ideas.
It all happened during the school holidays. All the help – and the grown-up actors – came from private people. The locations – about 200 metres from where I live: illegal! (Stefan still does not know…)
He went with his crew to Switzerland to shoot the Alpine ending, and visited Charlie’s grave, showing the pupils more than just how to make a film....
The day before the premiere, somebody from the Freiburg Kommunales Kino crew came to me and asked, “Can you play tomorrow for some stuff made by a teacher? (Can this be good...?)”
Oh dear, I had more than one tear in my eyes... – GÜNTER A. BUCHWALD
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