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Unter Freiem Himmel
Medium Length Film | 2003-2023 | Arthouse, Drama | Germany

Main data

Shooting data

Number of shooting days10
LocationsDüsseldorf, Köln
Filming regionsGermany - North Rhine-Westphalia

Project data

Budget500 EU
Length of movie45 Min
Aspect ratio16:9 (1 : 1,78)
Acquisition formatProRes
Distribution formatDVCAM
Sound formatStereo

Brief synopsis

Inspired by the fate of Hitler assassin Georg Elser, "Unter freiem Himmel" sketches the fiction of a solitary young woman becoming an assassin against an inhuman military dictatorship in contemporary Germany.

The short film raised uncomfortable questions: What , if in the here and now a dictatorial tyranny similar to the Germany of the 1930s would prevail - would I take the path of rebellion? What - if such an assassination would "succeed"?"

What is unusual about "Unter freiem Himmel" is not only that it tackles a fiction with historical echoes on a no-budget premise, but the motion-picture design in particular sets a clear accent in the field of video shorts: visual effects that do not need to fear comparison with major productions, applied to an independent handheld camera and deepened by an intensifying color dramaturgy.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Rebecca EngelMaria [L]
Klaus Nierhoff
Köhler [SR]
Thea SchneringNachbarin [SR]
Constanze PriesterJennifer [SR]
Fritz StavenhagenAlbert [SR]
Branko TomovicPhilipp

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Director of photographyThorsten Franzen
DirectorMarc Potocnik

Production companies

CompanyComment
renderbaron [de]

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
Image (VFX)renderbaron
Postproduktion & Visual Effects
Postproduktion & Visual Effects