Short Film Catalog

< 1310/2261 >

Maries Lächeln
Distant Memory

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2005 runtime 11'00 colour Color
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.37:1 sound format Dolby SR

During the Nazi period in Germany, young Marie meets the Jewish clown Jakob who gives away balloons for a smile. But Marie cannot satisfy Jakobs wish. Through a tragic misunderstanding the situation escalates and for a while it seems as if Marie will have to owe him her smile forever. Decades later, fate brings the two of them back together again.

  Preview
Maries Lächeln Maries Lächeln Maries Lächeln Maries Lächeln
director Michael Schäfer Cast Eva Mannschott, Manon Scharstein, Michel Haebler, Regine Lutz, Uwe Rohde Original Score Pierre Oser Sound Design Pierre Oser Editing Eva Höppner DOP J?rgen J?rges bvk Script Michael Schäfer
Festivals
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), Japan
Kolkata International Film Festival, India
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA
Chilean International Festival of Short Films, Santiago
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (Best Short Film)
Kurzfilmfestival Lüchow (Bester Kurzfilm)
Kerry International Film Festival, Ireland (Special Mention)
Production
  • Die Manufactur/ Filmweide Koproduktion
  • Pit Riethmüller
  • Crellestr.43
  • 10827 Berlin
  • +49 30 78712809
Distribution
  • Die Manufactur/ Filmweide Koproduktion
  • Pit Riethmüller
  • Crellestr.43
  • 10827 Berlin
  • +49 30 78712809

Michael Schäfer

Born 1974 in Wiesbaden;
beside his work as an actor on several stages throughout Germany he began making films

Filmography
2014 Besessene der Gartenwelten
2014 13 Monate Sonnenschein
2011 Wie früher
2010 Licht für Bassossa
2007 De eebsch Appel
2005 Maries Lächeln
2001 Diesseits der Träume
2001 Tote schweigen
1999 Auf- und Abzüge