LIBERATION DAY (German Title: Der TAG der BEFREIUNG)



LIBERATION DAY is about three residents of a retirement home. Former orchestra conductor Kirchhoff illegally keeps a little dog, which is why he is being emotionally terrorized by his neighbor Mr. Foerster. Nobody seems to notice, until one day, Mr. Bender intervenes...

Feature Short, Drama, 15 Minutes
Director: Martin Blankemeyer
Screenplay: Martin Oestreicher
Director of Photography: Luy Briechle
Editor: Inge Kuhnert
Music by: Oliver Gunia
Production Design: Gert B. Venzky
Principal Cast: Dieter Schaad, Horst Richter, Joseph Saxinger, Michaela Schaffrath
Producer: Martin Blankemeyer
Production Company: Muenchner Filmwerkstatt, FGV Schmidle
Financially supported by: Hessische Filmfoerderung, Hessisches Ministerium fuer Wissenschaft und Kunst, Ministerium fuer Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung, Forschung und Kultur Rheinland-Pfalz

Production Format: S16, color, 1:1.66, 25fps
Production completed: July 2004
Length: 15′00″, 426 m
Original Version: German
Subtitled Versions: English, French
Sound Technology: Dolby SR
Screening Formats: 35 mm, DigiBeta PAL stereo, Beta SP PAL stereo, DVD PAL stereo, DVD NTSC stereo, other formats are available on request
Festival Screenings (Selection): Lille 2004, Toulouse 2004, San Sebastian 2004, VGIK Festival Moscow 2004, Lichtspiele Adelaide 2004, Tiburon 2005, Kiev 2005, Enschede 2005, Court 18 Paris 2005, Monselice 2005, London 2005, Ismailia 2005, Manaki Brothers Bitola 2005, Kerry 2005, Santiago de Chile 2005, Foyle 2005, Ourense 2005, Evora 2005, Barcelona 2005, Tehran 2006

Official Website:
www.der-tag-der-befreiung.de/english.htm
Downloads (right click → save target as...):
Poster - Text list (german) - Text list (french) - Text list (english) - Still (© Denis Bachinger) - Portrait of the director
Additional Information:
crew united - Filmportal - IMDb - German Films

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