A MINUTE'S SILENCE
Filmfest 2016
PT: SCHWEIGEMINUTE
OT: SCHWEIGEMINUTE
Germany 2016
Original version
(Original: German)
World Premiere
Director: Thorsten M. Schmidt
Section: New German TV Movies
A minute’s silence is being observed in the grammar school of Hirtshafen, a small fishing town on the Baltic shore – in memory of Stella Petersen, the school’s young English teacher. For one of her students, however, Stella was more than a teacher: She was his first love. From 18-year-old Christian’s point of view, we relive a magical summer affair between two young people that ends abruptly and tragically, but is transformed, through death, to immortality. Based on the novella by Siegfried Lenz.
Cast: Jonas Nay, Julia Koschitz, Uwe Preuss, Johannes Allmayer, Henny Reents
Credits
Screenplay: André Georgi, Claudia Kratochvil
Original Material: Siegfried Lenz
Director of Photography: Hannes Hubach
Film Editor: Andreas Althoff
Composer: Gerd Wilden Jr.
Production Designer: Jérôme Latour
Costume Design: Riccarda Merten-Eicher
Sound: Michael Kunz
Producer: Oliver Berben, Sarah Kirkegaard
Production Company: MOOVIE GmbH
World Sales: Global Screen GmbH
Director: Thorsten M. Schmidt
Editor: Günther van Endert, Stefanie von Heydwolff
TV channel: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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