GRENZER
A BORDER TALE
SHORTFILM - FICTION // 29:48 min. [2024]
THE CREW
On November 9th, 1989, the morning after the fall of the Berlin Wall, (Rudi,) a border guard loyal to the regime and his system weary comrade (Frank) encounter a family in the death strip of the Inner German border between Hesse and Thuringia. A highly explosive confrontation breaks out in which the fate of the family is decided.
"GRENZER - A Border Tale" is the new short fiction film by director and producer Harry Besel.
Funded by the "Hessian Ministry of Science and Art [HMWK]", filming was successfully completed on March 2, 2021.
"GRENZER - A Border Tale" celebrated its premiere on April 05, 2024 at the short film festival "KURZSUECHTIG - Mitteldeutsches Kurzfilm Festival" in Leipzig, Germany.
DIRECTOR I PRODUCER
Harry Besel
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SCRIPT
Harry Besel
Nik Baczewski
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1st AD
Nik Baczewski
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ferdinand Kowalke
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1st AC
Till Krüger
SOUND ENGINEER
Matti Kälke
Sebastian Hohmann
GAFFER
Max Muselmann
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GRIP
Michelle Haupt
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COSTUME I MAKE-UP
Julia Gens
Luiza Quintanilha
STAGE DESIGN I ART DIRECTION
Charlotte Ella Bouchon
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EDITOR
Zenon Kristen
SOUND MIX
Harald Bernstein
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ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Jakob Widerin
Dominik Wallner
UNIT MANAGER
Nadine Knauer
Julia Allnoch
SETRUNNER
Alisa Siebert
Juna Schwan
Max Wagener
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THE CAST
Lukas Umlauft
as Rudi Lemke
Johann-Christof Laubisch
as Frank Ritter
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Alessa Kordeck
as Marie / Mother
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Dannie Lennertz
as Father
Tyler Matteo
as Child
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Wolfgang Preussger
as Staff Sergeant Albert Steiner
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Martin Bertram
as Micha / Border Guard #1
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David Bargiel
as Peter / Border Guard #2
PRODUCED BY
FUNDED BY
SUPPORTED BY
FILMSTILLS
BEHIND THE SCENES
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
"With "GRENZER - A Border Tale" I would like to remind the viewer that behind all political and social spectrums, there are people with all their fears, sufferings and hopes. Injustice arises where the dehumanization of the individual begins - no matter on which side I supposedly stand."
Harry Besel - Director I Writer I Producer
Harry Besel, Max Muselmann, Ferdinand Kowalke
Interview for"GRENZER - A Border Tale" premiere
@ Leipzig KURZSUECHTIG Short Film Festival 2024