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Science Fiction

At a motivation seminar, the smart instructor Marius comes up against an awkward participant. Joerg Karsunke, an entrepreneur from the eastern part of Germany, simply refuses to understand the straightforward principles of "mental syntax”. Marius desperately tries to teach him how to open a door. Not just open it, but to do so with the right attitude and invincible will to conquer the new room that lies behind the door. When the door finally opens, no one can remember either of them. The world has forgotten them. And what’s even worse: from now on they have to stick together.

Franz Mueller was born in 1965 in Mosbach. After studying Art and Cybernetics in Duesseldorf, he enrolled at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne for postgraduate studies in Television & Film. His films include: Madonna ist Loewe (short, 1998), the episode Vater und Sohn from the omnibus film Freitagnacht (2001), his graduation film Science Fiction (2003), and Wallace Line (Die Liebe der Kinder, 2009).
 

Genre Drama
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2003
Director Franz Mueller
Screenplay Franz Mueller
Director of Photography Frederik Walker
Editors Sean Coffey, Barbara Hoffmann, Franz Mueller, Dirk Oetelshoven
Music by Tobias Ellenberg
Production Design Claudia Bach, Claudia Stock
Producer Franz Mueller
Production Company Kunsthochschule fuer Medien Koeln (KHM)/Cologne
Principal Cast Arvid Birnbaum, Heidi Ecks, Nicole Marischka, Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Special Effects Stefanie Bludau
Length 113 min, 3,092 m
Format DV
Blow-up 35 mm, Color, 1:1.77
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby SR
Festival Screenings Berlin 2003 (Perspectives German Cinema), Vancouver 2003, Osnabrueck 2003, Titanic Filmfest Budapest 2003, Braunschweig 2003, Cardiff 2003, Overijssel 2003, Ankara 2003, Buenos Aires 2004, Denver 2004
Awards Best Student Feature 2003 Babelsberg Media Awards
With backing from Filmstiftung NRW
German Distributor EXIT Verleihagentur/Munich

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