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

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

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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