Barbara Gebler

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Barbara Gebler (* 1963 in Rheinfelden (Baden) ) is a German film editor and film director .

Life

Barbara Gebler was born in Rheinfelden (Baden) in 1963.

After studying German, history and philosophy from 1980 to 1984 at the University of Konstanz, she initially trained as a film and television editor at the BBC , IFAGE film and video production and at ZDF between 1985 and 1988 . From 1988 to 1992 she then worked as an assistant editor and editor for documentaries and feature films at ZDF.

In 1992 she began a second degree as a director at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). During her studies, she worked from 1992 to 1998 in the areas of editing, assistant director and script for productions at dffb, and from 1996 to 2000 as a freelance editor at Deutsche Welle . Her dffb thesis Salamander was her greatest success so far.

Barbara Gebler was temporarily a lecturer in film editing at the Kaskeline Film Academy in Berlin.

salamander

Salamander is the first film to be produced by Colonia Media ( Bavaria Film Group) under the 131 label . Under this label , young directors and film writers are promoted through a so-called "first time agreement".

Barbara Gebler has since taken part in numerous national and international film festivals with this film. In 2001 Salamander was nominated for the FIRST STEPS Young Talent Award. As one of the very few German contributions, it was also shown at the 2001 Berlinale with a great response . On January 17, 2006 it was broadcast as a rerun in the television series Das kleine Fernsehspiel des ZDF .

content

Salamander is a crime parody.

The film takes place in a single night in Berlin. Sandra, a casual bodyguard (played by Henriette Heinze ), has an ex-boyfriend, Ronnie ( Bela B. Felsenheimer ). He is a petty criminal passport forger and always has to borrow a luxury limousine to hand over the passports, and Sandra always helped him. But Ronnie is a puke, was totally wrong the last time and screwed up the job, so she actually broke up with him. So that she doesn't let Ronnie persuade her again, she took one and a half tablets.

Sandra is awakened by strange noises from her beginning pill sleep. She surprises the clumsy burglar (he calls himself "Michael Schumacher", or Mike for short) when he tries to break in and overwhelms him with Asian martial arts. Mike ( Mario Mentrup ) tells Sandra a dubious story: Allegedly he is acting on behalf of his brother, a mysterious, unscrupulous and unpredictable Lithuanian gang boss, in whose power Sandra's ex Ronnie is. Mike wants the photos of the failed passports, otherwise something would happen to Ronnie. The opaque Mike leads Sandra (or is it Sandra the Mike?) To follow him and look for Ronnie together.

A crazy journey begins in an old Peugeot 405, which is ready for a junkyard, through the cold, nocturnal urban jungle of Berlin. On their odyssey, Sandra and Mike get more and more into trouble. They try to outsmart each other over the course of the night, with whoever seems to have the better cards is always the loser. The two are slowly beginning to find each other likeable.

Asian martial arts scenes, speed, poems and borrowings from Lola rennt , Plus Minus Null and Chungking Express also play a role in the film.

Staff and production

  • Director: Barbara Gebler
  • Idea: Barbara Gebler, Michael Freerix, Wieland Bauder
  • Book: Wieland Bauder
  • Camera: Eeva Fleig
  • Editor: Birgit Berndt
  • Music: Andreas Koslik
  • Sound: Johannes Grehl
  • Production management: Ilka Schulz
  • Production management: Christian Hohoff
  • Editor: Lucas Schmidt ( ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel )
  • Producer: Anke Scheib (Colonia Media)
  • Coproduction: German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), ZDF / "Das kleine Fernsehspiel", Colonia Media.

Participation in film festivals and awards

Filmography

  • 1989: Crying, Come Back, Hero , short film, video (beta), 25 min. (Director)
  • 1998: Facing New York (6 documentaries from a dffb seminar under the direction of Rosa von Praunheim , including 1 contribution by Barbara Gebler; dffb, 3sat, broadcast on the ZDFdokukanal on February 17, 2006)
  • 1992: Die Ermittler , short fiction film, dffb, 16 mm, 12 min. (Director)
  • 1994: Your own fault , short film, dffb, 16 mm, 25 min. (Director)
  • 1994: Paul Vier und die Schröders (also: Paul IV. ), Film adaptation of a children's book by Andreas Steinhöfel (editor)
  • 1994: Six Christmases documentary, video, 110 min. (Editing)
  • 1995: Land of plenty , video installation
  • 1995: Svevo , music video, Beta SP, shown on VIVA and MTV
  • 1996: Get started , short film, dffb, video (Beta SP), 20 min. (Director), without a script, with only three days of preparation time for the "30 years of DFFB - days and nights"
  • 1996: I like the fire , self-portrait, video (Beta SP), 5 min. (Direction, screenplay, editing), shown in the Goethehaus New York
  • 1997: Geheime Plans - A rough idea , short film, dffb, video (Beta SP), 18 min. (Director, partly screenplay)
  • 1999: Fourty Love (also: 40 Love ), short film, dffb, video (Beta SP), 10 min.
  • 2000: Salamander , feature film, dffb, 35 mm color, 60 min. (Idea, director)
  • 2003: House of Pain (script commission from ZDF)
  • 2004: Unexpected Rules , video installation, original 35 mm transferred to HD (DigiBeta 16/9 color), 16 min. (Script continuity). The video was Switzerland's contribution to the 26th International Biennale for Contemporary Art in São Paulo in 2004 and was selected for the Locarno International Film Festival 2005.
  • 2005: The Villa - Stories from the Home (also: The Mansion ), documentary film, DigiBeta color, 85 min. (Editing)
  • 2007: Karger , feature film, DigiBeta, color, 88 min. (Editing, together with Stefan Stabenow). In 2007, the director Elke Hauck received the “Film Prize of the Saarland Prime Minister” for the social drama Karger as part of the “28. Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize ".

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personal data
SURNAME Gebler, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film editor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheinfelden (Baden) , Baden-Württemberg , Federal Republic of Germany