Project Detail

Children On A Country Road

Synopsis

The film was inspired by motives from Franz Kafka's short story 'Children on a Country Road'. It traces a journey through the solitary landscapes of the Polish Bieszczady region, an area that was densely populated before WWII. The film was shot with a small German-Polish crew, and all actors are local people.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Format
16mm, Optical
Director
Laurin Federlein 1st Feature
Producer
Laurin Federlein
Editor
Laurin Federlein
Screenwriter
Laurin Federlein
Director of Photography
Laurin Federlein
Sound
Laurin Federlein
Composer
Lorenz Dangel
Principal cast
Jacek & Macek Wyszynski, Kristyna Stepniewska, Jan Bielecki

Production Status

Production Company

Laurin Federlein

4a Hercules Road
London SE1 7DP
UK

T+44 (0)7733 285 060

laurin.federlein@web.de

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