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The graphic designer Stefanie is in a creative crisis. Boring advertising assignments and a boss who does not value her work. On a visit to a museum, she is magically attracted by the satirical photomontages of the world-famous colleague and Nazi opponent John Heartfield. Then the miracle happens. She ends up in his studio, where she finally picks up scissors and paper again. An adventurous journey through Heartfield's extraordinary life 100 years ago begins.
Bertold Brecht called him one of the most important European artists. Rosa Luxemburg personally handed over the party book to the communist of the first hour in 1918. George Grosz and Kurt Tucholsky are among his closest friends and artistic companions. He gave himself an English name in protest against German warmongering. For the Nazis, however, the father of political photomontage John Heartfield quickly became one of the most dangerous enemies of the state. For years he is a fugitive in Europe, and later finds no safe home even in the socialist GDR.
The graphic artist Stephanie, plagued by a creative crisis and self-doubt, is fascinated by John Heartfield's work, which she discovers in an exhibition. Through a time tunnel, she ends up in a studio where the artist, who has become a cartoon figure, takes her on a journey through his eventful life. A loving friendship develops between the two colleagues. And Stephanie takes up scissors and paper again.
Author & director: Katrin Rothe
DoP: Thomas Eirich-Schneider
Cast: Stephanie Stremler and Manuel Harder
Puppetry and voices: Michael Hatzius and Dorothee Carls
Music: Micha Kaplan and Thomas Mävers
Editing: Hannes Starz and Katrin Rothe
Assistant director: Katharina Biro
Storyboard & Main Designs & Artwork: Lydia Günther, Tonina Matamalas, Caroline Hamann, Gyula Szabo
Design secondary characters: Konrad Weiße (D)/ Benjamin Swiczinsky (A)
Puppet making & costume: Anne-Sophie Réamy, Werner Kernebeck, Lisa Sinram
Animators: Lisa Neubauer, Lydia Günther, Jonathan Schwenk, Malte Stein, Mandy Müller (D)/ Amélie Cochet, Kerstin Zemp, Igor Kuzmic (CH)/ Wolf Matzl, Birgit Scholin, Rosanne Janssens (A)
Production manager: Bettina Morlock (D)/ Susanne Berger (A)/ Sereina Gabathuler (CH)
Producers: Gunter Hanfgarn, Andrea Ufer, Ralph Wieser, Sereina Gabathuler, Werner Schweizer
Production companies: HANFGARN & UFER, Mischief Films, Dschoint Ventschr
Funded by: BKM, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt, DFFF (D)/ Österreichisches Filminstitut, Fisa, Filmfonds Wien (A)/ BAK, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Studienbibliothek (CH)
TV stations: RBB, Arte, SRF
10 mins about film shoot in Vienna and animation at the Berlin Studio by Angela Christlieb. (Available on request)
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