GFQ 2-2007 - german films

Klassenfahrt in das Revier der Wilderer
SCHOOL TRIP INTO POACHERS’ TERRITORY
A village on the edge of the Lower Zambesi National
Park. The children hate wild animals because they destroy
harvests and kill people. But there are actually many animals
which the children have never seen. We accompany
a few children on their first trip into the nearby but un -
known wilderness.
Meanwhile Wildlife Police Officers try to track down
poach ers in the national park. Shots are echoing through
the bush.
Genre Education, Nature Category Documentary TV Year of
Production 2007 Directors Marcus Lenz, Ingo Rudloff
Screenplay Marcus Lenz Director of Photog raphy Marcus
Lenz Editors Marcus Lenz, Ingo Rudloff Music by Oliver Heuss
Producer Ingo Rudloff Production Company irrlichtfilm/Berlin
Length 52 min Format DigiBeta, color, 16:9
Original Version German Dubbed Version English Sound
Techno logy Dolby
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Marcus Lenz was born in the Ruhr Basin in 1969. After com -
pleting his studies in Essen, he worked as a communications de -
signer before discovering his love for storytelling. In 1995 he began
studies at the German Film & Television Academy in Berlin and
founded the production company irrlicht-film in 2001 together with
Ingo Rudloff. He also works as an animal film director and director
of photography. Among other films, he shot Das Wunder von
Kaufbeuren (by Gerald Maas and Tine Kugler), as well as the
Portuguese features Esquece tudo o que te disse and Respirar (by
Antonio Ferreira) and won the award for Best Cinematography at the
Festival Ibérico de Cine in Badajoz/Spain in 2001. His films as a
director include: immer und immer (short, 1997), alles ist
nie (short, 1998), Der gelbe Fluss – Leben und Sterben
in Hongkong (documentary, 2000), Deutsche Angst (2001),
Close (2004), 24 UTC – Die Welt um Mitternacht (documentary,
2006), and (together with Ingo Rudloff) Phantoms of
the Night – Lynxes in Europe (2003), Snakes Nearby –
The Hunt for Species (2005), and School Trip Into
Poachers’ Territory (2007).
Ingo Rudloff was born in 1969 in Bochum and studied
Psychology with high honors at the Ruhr University Bochum, where
he also instructed after his graduation. His other films include:
Evacuation (1994), Rungholt – Hommage to Mechthild
von Leusch (1995), and Oskar Sala – The Former Future
of Sound (2000).
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Scene from “School Trip Into Poachers’ Territory”
(photo © irrlicht-film)