Aus dem Nichts

Switzerland, January 2004
FILM, Fiction, 77 min.

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directed by
Fred Van der Kooij
Written by
Fred Van der Kooij
Status
In distribution

This is a film about nothing and about happiness. Dispensing with a straightforward plot allowed for a great diversity of scenes which were created from ever-changing combinations of these two very different components: nothing and happiness. In one scene a woman who is lazing about relishes in her cosy contentment, while in another two lovers join in a tactile embrace that surpasses the boundaries of space and time. Composed like a piece of music, the arrangement of the events creates a cinematic hymn of praise whose images alone are new and fascinating, if not only because they were filmed in a vertical format not yet seen in the cinema, which allowed everything - people and places alike – to be seen in a new light.

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World Premiere
January 2004
Original Version
German,  colour, Beta SP, 77 min.
Production
Fred Van der Kooij
Producer
directed by
Fred Van der Kooij
Written by
Fred Van der Kooij
Cinemato­graphy
Fred Van der Kooij
Editing
Fred Van der Kooij
Music
Fred Van der Kooij
Location Sound Mix
Fred Van der Kooij
Lighting Design
Fred Van der Kooij

Cast

Helmut Vogel
Klaus-Henner Russius
Elisabeth Fues
Katharina Gebauer
Marc Schmassmann
Dani Mangisch
Thomas Stache
Jürg Wyttenbach

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