HERMAN THE GERMAN
Herman is one of the most experienced bomb defusers in Germany. After a medical examination Herman learns that he suffers from the very rare Kahnawake syndrome and can no longer sense the emotion of “fear”. To become normal again, he is forced to try out all phobias.
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Director
MICHAEL BINZ was born in 1987 in Cologne and studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne from 2008-2014. His short works include PLACEBUS (2009), a social spot about Alzheimer’s that won the Grimme-Institute’s NRW.Spot Award, THE STORYTELLER (2013, with Milan Ruben Kappen), winner of the Short Tiger 2014, and DER MAISMANN (2013). HERMAN THE GERMAN (2015) is his graduation film.
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Genre
Action, Tragicomedy -
CATEGORY
Short -
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2015 -
DIRECTOR
Michael Binz -
SCREENPLAY
Michael Binz -
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jesse Mazuch -
CAST
Gustav Peter Wöhler, Kerstin Thielemann, Hans-Martin Stier, Piet Fuchs, Anke Engelke, Igor Novic, Dolunay Gördüm, Enno Kalisch, Thorsten Franzen, Mareike Hein -
PRODUCER
Maike Drinhausen -
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM) -
RUNTIME
15 min -
LANGUAGE
German -
FESTIVALS
Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken 2015, Regensburg 2015, Dresden 2015, Hamburg 2015 -
AWARDS
Audience Award Saarbrücken 2015, Audience Award Regensburg 2015 -
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