Project Detail

The Letter

Synopsis

THE LETTER follows the struggle of deaf people who fought back against Nazis’ oppression during World War Two. It tells the story of a deaf regiment of stormtroopers, and charts the rise of the Nazi-ruled social org for deaf people (Reich Union of the Deaf of Germany).
The story is based on true events with fictionalised characters. "Deaf people like the ones in ‘The Letter’ were really at the forefront of the Nazi euthanasia machine, Nazis were so ruthlessly efficient at exterminating deaf and disabled people that a lot of stories were lost.” Justin Edgar
THE LETTER was produced by Justin Edgar, who is hard of hearing, and directed by Sam Dore, with an entire cast and crew of deaf artists.

Details

Year: 2023
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: c. 30 min
Director: Sam Dore
Producer: Justin Edgar
Editor: Samuel Dore
Screenwriter: Julian Peedle-Calloo
Director of Photography: Tom Watts
Production Designer: Jakob Gierse
Sound: Sound Recordist: Charlie J. Hinde
Principal cast: Alexandra James, Clive Hayward, Fifi Garfield, Ciaran Alexander Stewart
Casting Director: Polly Jerrold

Genre

Disabilities Drama

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

A 104 Films production commissioned by British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT)

104 Films

The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX

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