Aufzug
Directed by Emily Kuhnke
Overview
The story is set some time in the past, or maybe some time in the future. Given a time-frame, we would say somewhere between the American moonwalk, and Coca- Cola's serious ambition to turn the moon into an advertising logo. Our central character, the young lift operator, is formed by experience into cynicism, detachment, and apathy. The story builds to its crescendo: of public outrage and state crackdown; the banality of commercial interest and the monumental rape of nature. Set in a large newspaper office, the Lift is a place of relative safety. But floor by floor, with each passenger in his or her tableau, the atmosphere of mayhem seeps in. Finally our young character leaves the situation, far-gone in hopelessness and disinterest.
Cast
Daniel-Frantisek Kamen
Sven
Tomas Spencer
Albert
Robert Baum
Assistant Müller
Philip Brehse
Otto
Manuel Däbritz
Hoffmeister
Daniel Faust
Police Officer
Maximilian Gehrlinger
Liftboy 2
Christian Harting
Commissar
Benjamin Heinrich
Assistant Koffer
Matthew Koudys
Respectable Male
Sylvie Krause-Grégoire
Patrycia
Stephanie Krogmann
Respectable female