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Deutschboden

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  • Deutschboden

Germany 2013
Director & Script: André Schäfer
Camera: Andy Lehmann
Editor: Fritz Busse
Music: Five Teeth Less, Max Pellnitz (Ton), Ritchie Staringer
Actors: Five Teeth Less, Moritz von Uslar
Production: Oliver Bätz, Rieke Brendel, Cine Plus / WDR (Koproduktion)
Distribution: W-Film Verleih
90 Min., DCP, colour, german

The film shows everyday life in a small East German town, 60 km away from Berlin. Moritz von Uslar goes in search of East German clichés, alcoholism, migration, right-wing extremism, and finds home values, pub beer, barbecues with the German flag, hanging around in petrol stations – and humour.

André Schäfer
Born in 1966. Studied History and Journalism at the University of Munich. Education at the German School of Journalism. Writer for several journals and public tv.


Films (selection)
2007    Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner
2012    John Irving und wie er die Welt sieht
2013    Die Romanows - Glanz und Untergang des Zarenreichs

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