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The Plan of Mr. Thomaschek

Germany 2002, 14 minutes in 35 mm/35 mm/Digital
Screen ratio 1,85:1
Directed by Ralf Westhoff
Music Michael Heilrath
Actor Christine Adler, Patrick Güldenberg, Wilm Roil, Peter Strauch
Camera Jörg Gruber, Albert Waiblinger
Sponsored by Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern
Genre Drama, Short
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The story takes place in the Autumn of 1961, in the area around a small Thuringian village near the West German border. The wall is omnipresent, even though nobody talks about it. The 16-year-old Jochen lives with his parents in a cramped house. The fulfilment of his life is sports. One day Jochen notices the strange behaviour of the village postman. He discovers Thomaschek going for a run in the forest and watching the railway tracks with his binoculars

Awards (Selection)
2004 Award for for Best Fiction Short Film, International Filmfestival, Melbourne, Australien

Shortfilmaward, May Ophüls Festival, Saarbrücken
2003
 1. Prize, Filmfestival Cellu l\'Art, Jena, Thuringia
1. Preis, Young Collection, Bremen
3. Preis, Shortfilmfestival Lünen, North Rhine-Wesphalia
Best Actor Award for Patrick Güldenberg, Spanien
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Shortfilmaward

Festivals (Selection)
2003 International , Palm Springs, USA
Sao Paulo, Brasilia
International Shortfilmfestival, Sienna, Italy
Filmfestival Cinema Jove, Valencia, Spain
Cardiff Screen Festival, Wales, Great Brittain
Ourense Filmfestival, Spain
Shortfilmdays of Salzburg, Austria


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