In Schmitke ‘s life there is something lurking behind the bushes. Some mysterious growling from the forest, from deep within? When he’s sent to the Czech-German border to repair a similarly unfortunate old windmill, things start to get strange. Very, very strange.
The film is based on a short story by the writer and screenwriter Tomáš Končinský entitled “Julius Schmitke slipped through death’s fingers like an awkward seal”, which immediately captured my interest. It is a story set somewhere between comedy and mystery, somewhere in the fog of the Ore Mountains, full of the atmosphere of this mysterious stretch of land, its history and its people. But first of all it's the story of the inner world of an aging, clumsy man who is unable to participate in the world arround him. He shows us a feeling that we all know in today’s ultra-fast virtual world. It's a journey into the mind of an unfortunate man, which makes us feel what we don't allow ourselves to feel that much anymore.
Štěpán Altrichter, director
Julis Schmitke | Peter Kurth |
Thomas Gruber | Johann Jürgens |
Julie | Helena Dvořáková |
Mayor Potužák | Jakub Žáček |
Kryšpín | Petr Vršek |
Anne Schmitke | Lana Cooper |
Chef | Stephan Grossmann |
Julinka | Johana Schmidtmajerová |
Aunt Inge | Irena Lamberková |
Biker Mirek | Vladimír Škultéty |
DIRECTOR | Štěpán Altrichter |
PRODUCERS | Tomáš Vach, Jörg Trentmann, Radim Procházka |
PRODUCER FILM UNIVERSITY | Claudia Schebesta |
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Cristian Pîrjol |
SCREENWRITERS | Jan Fusek, Tomáš Končinský, Štěpán Altrichter |
BASED ON A STORY BY: | Tomáš Končinský |
EDITORS | Phillip Wenning, Andrea Schumacher |
MUSIC | Johannes Repka |
SOUND | Christoph de la Chevallerie, Philipp Schneider |
PRODUCTION DESIGNER | Barbora Kačena, Nadine Schmidt |
COSTUME DESIGNER | Ivana Kanhäuser, Elisabeth Weiss |
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Produced by: |
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PRODUCTION | PR SERVICE |
Producer CZ | 2media.cz |
Tomáš Vach | Klára Skřenková |
Prague | klara@2media.cz |
mobile: +420 737 110 732 | mobile: +420 777 880 356 |
tvach23@gmail.com | www.2media.cz |
www.radimprochazka.com | |
Producer GE: | |
Credofilm, Berlin | |
Jörg Trentmann | |
www.credofilm.de | |