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A House in Berlin

Synopsis

A woman discovers that she has a distant but personal relationship to a historic building in Berlin and embarks on a journey into the past. One that turns out to be much more alive, ambiguous and unpredictable than expected. A contemporary visual quest at the intersection between fiction and non-fiction.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Director
Cynthia Beatt
Producer
Cynthia Beatt
Editor
Cynthia Beatt
Director of Photography
Ute Freund, Cornelius Plache, Armin Dierolf, Cynthia Beatt
Production Designer
Cynthia Beatt
Sound
Jochen Jezussek
Composer
Marlon Beatt, Magnolia Beacon
Principal cast
Susan Vidler, Isi Metzstein, Clemens Schick, Peter Knaack, Maria Heiden, Achim Buch, Doris Egbring-Kahn

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Germany, UK coproduction

Heartbeatt Pictures

Sales Company

Heartbeatt Pictures

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