at Cannes 2010 - German Film

New German Films
Screening:
Wednesday, 19 May, 19:30 h, Lérins 1
Looking, for an adventurous change from their
comfortable everyday lives, Eva, Sabine, Jurgen
and Mike head off for a one-week getaway in an
abandoned farmhouse in the depths of the
Black Forest. Secluded and surrounded by thick
and mysterious forests, the farmhouse is anything
but easily accessible. The young vaca -
tioners get dropped off by the forest ranger.
After he leaves, they are on their own, only
equipped with the most essential provisions for
a week’s stay and a DV camera. Collecting berries
and chopping wood, the group spends their
first vacation day in a buoyant mood, just as
they had anticipated. They do not care much
about the ranger’s warning to keep away from a
“secret room” in the farmhouse. Jurgen and
Mike break down the door and find an old, broken
television. Jurgen tries to fix the television,
but the only visible result is a diffuse image and
some noise. This all changes when the television
set suddenly starts to air images and a random
TV program – which will exert a fatal influence
on the four friends. Only Eva senses that something
inexplicable, something supernatural must
be taking over control …
Black Forest
Genre Psycho Thriller Category Feature Film Cinema Year of Production 2009 Director Gert
Steinheimer Screenplay Gert Steinheimer Director of Photography Pascal Rémond Editor Arne
Wanner Music by Andreas Adler, Jo Matz Production Design Benedikt Herré Production
Company EIKON Suedwest/Stuttgart, in co-production with Licam/Stuttgart, Timeline/Stuttgart
Principal Cast Johanna Klante, Nikola Kastner, Adrian Topol, Bernhard Bulling Length 79 min Format
HD Cam, color 1:1.78 Original Version German Subtitled Version English Sound Technology
Stereo With backing from MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, German Federal Film Fund (DFFF)
Gert Steinheimer was born in Ottenhoefen in 1964 and made his debut as a writer and director with the
feature Zweikampf which was premiered at the Hof Film Days in 1986 and won a Silver Nymph for Best
European Script at the Monte Carlo International Television Festival in 1988. His other films include: Atlantis
darf nicht untergehen (1988), Gaukler (1988), Liebe, Tod und Eisenbahn (1989), Killer
(1991), Das Tier (1992), Schwarz greift ein (1993), Hotel Mama (1995), Martin Berg (1996), Bis
dann (1996), Die Healthy (Sterben ist gesuender, 1998), Eine Herzensangelegenheit (1997),
and Black Forest (2009).
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