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Die Pferde des Rittmeisters
The Horses of a Cavalry Captain

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2015 runtime 16'00 colour ,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

16mm material from the estate of the amateur filmmaker Harald von Vietinghoff-Riesch. The chronological montage, with commentary, compresses the horses of the Wehrmacht and the civilians fleeing from it into a picture of the war.

Die Pferde des Rittmeisters Die Pferde des Rittmeisters
director Clemens von Wedemeyer
Festivals
2016 Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
2016 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2016 New York Film Festival, New York City, USA
2016 International Festival of New Film, Split, Croatia
2016 Punto de Vista - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
2016 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic
Distribution
  • Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
  • Angelika Ramlow
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.arsenal-berlin.de

Clemens von Wedemeyer

Born 1974 in Göttingen;
studied photography and media at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig, where, since 2013, he is a professor of media art;
lives in Berlin

Filmography
2002 Occupation
2005 Otjesd
2009 Against Death
2012 Muster
2013 The Cast (procession)