THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD
Film - New German TV Movies Filmfest 2021

THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD

Directed by Henning Backhaus

Info

Director: Henning Backhaus
Section: New German TV Movies
Country: Austria
Year: 2020
PT: DAS BESTE ORCHESTER DER WELT
OT: DAS BESTE ORCHESTER DER WELT
BT: ENDLICH WITWER - FOREVER YOUNG / DAS BESTE ORCHESTER DER WELT
Language: German
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Thomas Mraz, Jörn Hentschel, Peter Huerner, Dominic Oley, Richard Obermayr, Helen Hagmueller
18+ (no age rating)

Also in this program

Logline

The short film will be screened before WISER AT LAST in the section New German TV Movies.

Ingbert, the sock, applies for a position as double bass player at the Vienna State Orchestra. Stupid idea.



  • Duration: 14 min.

Meet the director

THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD

Henning Backhaus

Henning Backhaus was born in Dresden, Germany. He moved to Vienna to study directing with Austrian / French film director Michael Haneke at the Film Academy Vienna. In 2013 Backhaus shot his film debut „Local Heroes“ on 16mm and 35mm film. From 2013 to 2018 he was an assistant director at the Vienna State Opera. Most recently he worked in the sound department of Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life".

Credits

Screenplay: Rafael Haider, Henning Backhaus, Albert Meisl
Director of Photography: Matthias Halibrand
Film Editor: Jana Libnik
Composer: Elisabeth Rollenitz, Matthias Gerstner, Selini Quarte
Sound: Benedikt Königshofer, Kai Shimada, Ken Richard, Lukas Weidmann
Make-up artist: Gabriela Rybka, Stephanie Raffaela
Producer: Lukas Rosatti