The String Puppet

 
Country, Year
Germany, 2008
Genre
Short, Fiction
Lenght
5 Min.
Format
HD
Sound
Stereo
Language
English, German
Subtitles
German
 
Written and Directed by
Alexander Frank
Cinematography
Dian Zagorchinov
Production Design
Tatjana Belova
Edited by
Tal Brog
Music
Ruth Chan
Sound Design
Nenad Kovacevic
Production Management
Susanne Mann, Debora Neumann
Production Company
Berlinale Talent Campus
Distributor
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
 
Leads
Rainer Strecker (Soldier I)
 
Lisa-Marie Janke (Soldier II)
 
Langston Uibel (Child Soldier)

 

Synopsis

 

Two western soldiers save themselves into a broken down classroom during a battle which is going on outside in an unidentified southern country. When entering, they are suddenly held at gunpoint by a child soldier. One of the soldiers opens his backpack from which he produces a string puppet. In an attempt to communicate with the boy the soldier starts to play the puppet - and ultimately plays for his life under the merciless eyes of a boy turned soldier. Until the young lad lowers his gun...

 
 

Festivals & Award

 

Berlinale Talent Campus #6 2008 (Four Flicks for Clicks Presentation)

 
 

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