Die Spieler
The Players

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 24'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Digital languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Digital languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

THE PLAYERS is a parable about play instinct and freedom, at the same time being a portrait of the Berlin night and its figures. Paul, a young poker player meets Fatih, a taxi driver, who has not played for some years. Both become part of a momentuous bet.

director Samuel Auer Animation Bruno Eritt Besetzung / Cast Valentin Erb Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Bertram Denzel Szenenbild / Production Design Annika Klintmalm, Freia von Schichow Schnitt / Editing Wiebke Henrich Bildgestaltung / DOP Lukas Eylandt Produktion / Production Tamara Erbe, Tobias Gaede Drehbuch / Script Samuel Auer Tongestaltung / Sound Design Andor Horvarth, Tamas Bohács film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2018 Internationales Fünf Seen Filmfestival (FSFF), Gauting, Starnberg, Weßling, Seefeld, Germany (Short-Plus-Award)
2018 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2018 Brest European Short Film Festival, France
2018 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2018 Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Germany
2018 Kinofest Lünen, Germany
2018 Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany
Production
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • 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)
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de

Samuel Auer

Born 1986 in Hamburg;
studied media, communication sciences and history in Erfurt;
since 2012 studies directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)

Filmography
2013 Masken
2014 Mama
2014 Stockholm Syndrome
2015 Ain’t no mountain high enough
2016 Glückskind
2017 Heimat
2018 Night Owls
2018 Chaos