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Chinese Whisper

film type experimental film, fiction Production Country Germany production year 2007 runtime 3'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

A third grade class of a primary school. The children can choose a game they want to play at the end of the lesson. Miriam, a cheeky girl, suggests the game Chinese Whisper and all children accept it enthusiastically. Paul, a African German boy, sits next to Miriam while she whispers something to Luise, who sits on her other side. Suspense and gloating increase as the secret sentence is at the expense of Paul.

director Oliver Rauch Besetzung / Cast Bärbel Spicale und Schnitt / Editing Klemens Radke Bildgestaltung / DOP Boris Becker Drehbuch / Script Anke Steinbrügge Tongestaltung / Sound Design Florian Künhle, Juri von Krause
Festivals
Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
New York Film Festival, New York City, USA
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark
Message to Man International Documentary, Short & Animated Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russian Federation
Lukas KurzFilmFestival, Lauf, Germany (1. Platz)
Production
  • Susanne Schimk
  • Mohrenstraße 63
  • 10117 Berlin
  • +49 30 2576240
Distribution
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Oliver Rauch

Until 2000 studied at the Film and Television Academy Konrad Wolf Potsdam;
apart from directing documentaries and short feature films, works as a freelance screenwriter, script consultant and tutor

Filmography
1994 Vier Register Heimat
1995 Drewitz
1998 Courage
1999 Der Überflieger
2000 Die vergangene Zukunft des Klanges
2006 Alvaros grosser Auftritt