Theatrical feature film by Wolfgang H Scholz
with
Gudrun Okras
Peter Franke
Roy Helbig
Christel Peters and others
"Lost Wings" from Wolfgang Scholz is a tale about two people, two generations whose path coincidentally cross.
Together 71-year-old Johanna Haupt and 14-year-old Benja embark upon a journey to discover their individual family origin and past. A story about dealing with one´s own and another´s history. "Lost Wings" is one of the first films which confronts the situation of the "Wendezeit" (1989/90) in Germany. The dissolution of the former GDR and its new begin, created a whole new world which was unknown to its former citizens.
Recorded diary entries served as a catalyst for the script. Conversations with the Viennese writer Friederike Mayröcker aided in preparation of the script. The story was written within five weeks in a Spanish Villa.
There are many such eldeshy women in the former GDR. Language and Gestures were reduced during shooting to a minimum. Photography, lighting and the handling of film-material were precisly chosen to present the "past" a subject which can hardly be described in an allotted amount of time. "Present" in a state of suspension.
Together 71-year-old Johanna Haupt and 14-year-old Benja embark upon a journey to discover their individual family origin and past. A story about dealing with one´s own and another´s history. "Lost Wings" is one of the first films which confronts the situation of the "Wendezeit" (1989/90) in Germany. The dissolution of the former GDR and its new begin, created a whole new world which was unknown to its former citizens.
Recorded diary entries served as a catalyst for the script. Conversations with the Viennese writer Friederike Mayröcker aided in preparation of the script. The story was written within five weeks in a Spanish Villa.
There are many such eldeshy women in the former GDR. Language and Gestures were reduced during shooting to a minimum. Photography, lighting and the handling of film-material were precisly chosen to present the "past" a subject which can hardly be described in an allotted amount of time. "Present" in a state of suspension.
Camera (DoP): Hans Fischer
Sound: Jörg Marquardt
Setting designer: Martina Gross-Georgi
Costume designer: Jaqueline Peevski
Make-up artist: Kathrin Gahs
Music composer: Axel-Frank Singer
Sound design: Daniel Dietenberger
Sound mix: Martin Schinz
Gaffer: Andreas Doub
Location manager: Gerhard Weber
Line producer: Marco Voß
Associate producer: Robert Busch
Assistent director: Jacqueline Winkel
Script, direction and editing: Wolfgang H Scholz
Genre Drama, 84 mins., 1:1,66, 35 mm, 1999
Sound: Jörg Marquardt
Setting designer: Martina Gross-Georgi
Costume designer: Jaqueline Peevski
Make-up artist: Kathrin Gahs
Music composer: Axel-Frank Singer
Sound design: Daniel Dietenberger
Sound mix: Martin Schinz
Gaffer: Andreas Doub
Location manager: Gerhard Weber
Line producer: Marco Voß
Associate producer: Robert Busch
Assistent director: Jacqueline Winkel
Script, direction and editing: Wolfgang H Scholz
Genre Drama, 84 mins., 1:1,66, 35 mm, 1999
ERF Edgar Reitz Filmproduktions GmbH Munich,
the Mitteldeutschen TV Broadcast, Leipzig and Sic! Film Production GmbH Munich
Funding:
MDM Mitteldeutscher Medienförderung GmbH
Sächsisches Staatsministerium for Science and Art,
Sächsische Landesanstalt for private broadcast and new medias
Distribution: Basis Filmverleih Berlin
Screening at Festivals:
Internationale Filmtage Hof, Germany 1999
International Film Festival Houston, USA 2000
International Festival Karlovy Vary, Czechia 2000
MIFF International Film Festival Milano, Italy 2000
San Marco Island Film Festival, Florida, USA 2000
International Film Festival Vancouver, Canada 2000
Filmtage Bieberrach, Germany 2000
International Independent Film Festival New York, USA 2001
Silver Award for theatrical feature film,
International Film Festival Houston, USA
Theatrical screening: Mexico 2004
Screening at TV:
Mitteldeutscher TV Broadcast 2001
Bayerischer TV Broadcast 2002
