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Cigarette Break

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2005 runtime 6'00 colour
screening format 16mm aspect ratio 1.37:1 sound format Mono languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Cigarette Break is a surreal sketch based on a play by the post-futuristic Russian author Daniil Charms (1906 to 1942). In a fictional war on the ramp of a factory: worker Natasha meets with black market salesman Makarow. He has a very strange book in his bag - it is supposed to give all the answers to mankinds wishes.

director Ralf Stadler Animation Michael Hoffmann Besetzung / Cast Frank Gutjahr, Jana Thies Schnitt / Editing Ralf Stadler, Stefan Westerwelle Drehbuch / Script Ralf Stadler Bildgestaltung / DOP Raphael Wohlgemuth Tongestaltung / Sound Design Martin Lesniak film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
New York Film Festival, New York City, USA
Toquefest Film & Music Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Production
  • Ralf Stadler
  • Kasseler Str. 37
  • 33098 Paderborn
  • +49 5251 699116
Distribution
  • Ralf Stadler
  • Kasseler Str. 37
  • 33098 Paderborn
  • +49 5251 699116
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • Deutschland
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Ralf Stadler

Born 1974 in Bad Schussenried / Germany;
Internships at various film- and videoproductions;
Professional training as a bookseller;
since 2001 student at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Filmography
1998 Heute letzter Tag
2001 1928
2005 Ylityü - Überarbeitet