10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Short Film Competition 1992
Der Koffer
by Dieter Reifarth, Bert Schmidt
Der Koffer is the portrait of an artist, Nicole Guiraud, who with the help of objects and installations, creates a visual diary of her memories from childhood; the sea, Algiers, the trunk, the final deportation from Algeria to "homeland". At the same time a work of conceptual art and a History lesson.
Biography
film director
Dieter Reifarth
Dietel Reifarth was born in Hadamar, Germany, in 1951. After working as assistant director to Marcel Ophuls for Le Tombes du President and Hotel Terminus, since 1986 realizes short films and documentaries.
FILMOGRAFIA
Bücher (Books, 1986), Janusz Korczak, Thoraschmuck, Vivace (1989), Zeil Frankfurt, Der Koffer (1991).
Bert Schmidt
Bert Schmidt was born in RüsseIsheim, Germany in 1950. From 1970 to 1973 he has studied at a film school in Paris. He has worked as assistant director to Rosa von Praunheim and to Sohrab S. Saless. Since 1986 he realizes short film and documentaries.
FILMOGRAFIA
Bücher (Books 1986), Die Opelstory, Vivace (1989), Zeil Frankfurt, Der Koffer (1991).
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Kurt Weber.
Sound: Michael Busch.
Director of Production: Kurt Otterbacher.
Production company: Strandfilm, Bert Schmidt, Dieter Reifarth, Postfach 700965, D6000 Frankfurt 70, tel. 4969635069, fax 4969635056.
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