THE STRING PUPPET
Runtime: 5:22 min
Year: 2008
Country: Germany
Int. Premiere: Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
Written and Directed by Alexander Frank
Produced by Christine Tröstrum & Dorothee Wenner
Director of Photography Dian Zargorchinov
Starring Rainer Strecker (Soldier 1), Lisa-Marie Janke (Soldier 2), Langston Uibel (Child Soldier)
A Berlinale Talent Campus Production 2008
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FESTIVALS
- BERLINALE, 2008
- German Human Rights Award, 2008 (NOMINATION)
- Vimeo Staff Pick
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. In an attempt to communicate with the boy one soldier starts to play with a puppet - and ultimately plays for his life under the merciless eyes of a boy turned soldier…
