7 BROTHERS
a film by sebastian winkels

 

“if you are looking for the truth, you must ask seven brothers.” chinese proverb

seven brothers (born between 1929 and 1945) come to a neutral space to individually tell their family’s story from mülheim. seven different paths in life attest to a rarely heard generation whose childhood ended or just began with the “stunde null“ in 1945.
an intimate mosaic between the brothers emerges forming a type of family universe mirroring german history in an unusual way. a documentary experiment! storytelling at its best.

 

screenplay and director: sebastian winkels
director of photography: isabelle casez
editor: valérie smith
sound and sound mixer: frank kruse
lighting: wolf wachner
production design: atelier niesler
make-up: katrin stephan
hd equipment: kopptechnik
hd post production: elektrofilm, digital images
editor zdf: lucas schmidt
producers: susann schimk, jörg trentmann

 

documentary, 86 min., hd/35mm, colour, dolby sr, 1:1,85, 25fps

 

credo:film in co-production with zdf “das kleine fernsehspiel“ and the hff “konrad wolf“

 

distribution company: piffl medien

 

awards: newcomer award awarded by the defa foundation (2003) for sebastian winkels, 14th kinofest luenen, germany (2003): winner of the lüdia 2003 – audience award, winner of the documentary film award ludwigsburg, germany (2005) , robert geisendoerfer award, germany (2005): media award of the protestant church

 

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© 2003 credo:film gmbh/ zdf “das kleine fernsehspiel“/ hff “konrad wolf“