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Germany 09 (German: Deutschland 09 – 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation) is a German anthology film composed of 13 short films that contemplated the state of Germany at the time.[1] It was conceived as a rejoinder to the 1977 anthology film Germany in Autumn (composed of shorts directed by 11 different filmmakers, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Edgar Reitz and Volker Schlöndorff) after 30 years of German history have passed.[2]
| Germany 09: 13 Short Films About The State Of The Nation | |
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| Directed by | Fatih Akin, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Martin Gressmann, Christoph Hochhäusler, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Dani Levy, Angela Schanelec, Hans Steinbichler, Isabelle Stever, Tom Tykwer, Hans Weingartner |
| Produced by | Dirk Wilutzky |
Production companies | Herbstfilm Produktion GmbH, NDR – Norddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Distributed by | Piffl Medien Filmverleih |
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Running time | 140 min |
| Country | Germany |
Shorts
editAccording to the film's official website, "Each of the participating directors interprets his personal perception and his own cinematic view of contemporary Germany, abstractly or concretely, freely in the choice of format and content. The individual contributions could be short feature films, documentary films, essayistic or experimental."[3]
| Segment | Director(s) | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The Name Murat Kurnaz (German: Der Name Murat Kurnaz) | Fatih Akin | |
| Sick House (German: Krankes Haus) | Wolfgang Becker | |
| Lopsided (German: Schieflage) | Sylke Enders | |
| The Way We Do Not Go Together (German: Der Weg, den wir nicht zusammen gehen) | Dominik Graf & Martin Gressmann | |
| Séance | Christoph Hochhäusler | |
| Ramses | Romuald Karmakar | |
| The Unfinished (German: Die Unvollendete) | Nicolette Krebitz | |
| Joshua | Dany Levy | |
| First Day (German: Erster Tag) | Angela Schanelec | |
| Fracture (German: Fraktur) | Hans Steinbichler | |
| A Democratic Round Table at Scheduled Times (German: Eine Demokratische Gesprächsrunde zu festgelegten Zeiten) | Isabelle Stever | |
| Festive Travel (German: Feierlich reist) | Tom Tykwer | |
| Endangerers (German: Gefährder) | Hans Weingartner[4] | |
References
edit- ^ "Germany 09, 13 Short Films About The State Of The Nation (Deutschland'09, 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Germany 09 hits theatres". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "DEUTSCHLAND 09". deutschland09-der-film.piffl-medien.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "13 Kurzfilme | DEUTSCHLAND 09". deutschland09-der-film.piffl-medien.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-02.