Bridges (2011)

Movie
Original title	Bridges
Country of production	Germany
original language	English
Publishing year	2011
length	34 minutes
Rod
Director	Miguel Angelo Godfather
script	Stephan Warnatsch
production	Florian Frerichs
music	Carsten Schmelzer
camera	Oliver Lechner
cut	Jörg Schreyer , ; Wolfgang Stegemann
occupation
	Gedeon Burkhard : Saul Bridges; Bela B .: MP Mennis; David Gant : Neidhardt; Martin Goeres : Cassander; Nike Martens : Trust; Kim Quint : Luke; Urs Remond : Tom Peters; Gilbert von Sohlern : Dr. Seyers;

Bridges is a German short film from 2011 and the debut work by director Miguel Angelo Pate . The comic adaptation is based on the comic of the same name by Stephan Warnatsch , Tobias Reich and Florian Frerichs , which deals with the topic of the airlift .

action

American pilot Saul Bridges survived a plane crash during World War II in 1945 . Bridges is hidden and cared for by Lukas and his older sister Traute from the Nazis, who lost their mother in an air raid. In 1948 Bridges met Traute again in that place, where it was looked after and now belongs to the Berlin Airlift . Bridges learns about Lukas' illness and pulls out all the stops to provide Lukas with the necessary medication.

background

Was produced Bridges of Wartnuts Entertainment. The film was produced with a budget of € 70,000, with funding of € 20,000 from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg . The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation and the US Embassy in Berlin participated in the funding for the short film. The film was shot completely with a green screen and supplemented in post-production with comic drawings that serve as a background. The shooting lasted 15 days and was carried out in the Havel studios in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

The film celebrated its world premiere on May 12, 2011 in Berlin and was shown on September 18, 2011 at the Oldenburg International Film Festival .

Web links

Bridges in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Bridges in the online film database
Bridges on crew-united.de
official page

Individual evidence

↑ Airlift comic Creative approach. Tagesspiegel , May 11, 2009, accessed June 10, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b Bridges - a living graphic novel from Germany. Negative, accessed June 10, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b Comics adaptation: Bela in the Raisin Bomber Tagesspiegel , October 22, 2010, accessed June 10, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b "Bridges" - a "living graphic novel". Cinema , accessed June 10, 2013 .

[1] Airlift comic Creative approach. Tagesspiegel , May 11, 2009, accessed June 10, 2013 .

[NEG-2] Bridges - a living graphic novel from Germany. Negative, accessed June 10, 2013 .

[ts-3] Comics adaptation: Bela in the Raisin Bomber Tagesspiegel , October 22, 2010, accessed June 10, 2013 .

[cinema-4] "Bridges" - a "living graphic novel". Cinema , accessed June 10, 2013 .