screening format
35mm
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby SR
languages
Deutsch
Subtitles
Englisch
Blackout is the story of a fatal lack of bonds. Throughout the film, guitarist Tom Schulze is the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of Berlins night scene. When the sensitive musician is intoxicated he turns into a brutal thug who ruins relationships and lives including his own.
director
Maximilian Erlenwein
Cast
Carsten Ludwig, Fabian Hinrichs, Julia Brendler
Original Score
Hans Fahling
Editing
Uwe Zimmer
DOP
Ngo The Chau
Production
Maximilian Erlenwein, Valeska Bochow
Script
Maximilian Erlenwein
film school
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München, Germany
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
Foyle Film Festival, Derry, United Kingdom
FILMZ – FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN KINOS, Mainz, Germany
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
(Bester Deutscher Kurzfilm)
Production
- Maximilian Erlenwein
- Oderbergerstraße 22
- 10435 Berlin
- +49 177 6128504
Distribution
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
- Anna Laura Wenzel
- Potsdamer Str. 2
- 10785 Berlin
- +49 30 25759152
- http://www.dffb.de
School
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
- Friedrich-Krause-Ufer 19
- 13353 Berlin
- http://www.dffb.de
Maximilian Erlenwein
born 1975 in Berlin;
before entering the German Film- and TV Academy (dffb) in 1999, he worked as a freelance camera assistent and cameraman.
Filmography
2002 John Lee and Me
2005 Blackout