Gregor's greatest invention

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Movie
Original title Gregor's greatest invention
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2001
length 11 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Johannes Kiefer
script Johannes Kiefer
production Johannes Kiefer
music Winfried Grabe
camera Christian Paschmann
cut Patricia Rommel
occupation

Gregor's greatest invention is a German short film comedy by Johannes Kiefer from 2001.

action

Gregor, who lives in the same house with his grandmother Herta, is a passionate inventor. Above all, he helps his grandmother, who has increasing problems walking and is therefore dependent on a wheelchair, with his tinkering in everyday life, so he builds her a leg massager out of a mixer. One day Herta's friends Frieda, Hilda and Gerda come to visit. They want to convince Herta to move with them to the Jeserig retirement home. Herta is unsure, she doesn't know what to do in the old people's home.

During a walk in the forest, Herta's wheelchair breaks and she ends up in a lake, from which she escapes on foot to the shore. Gregor is thrilled when he realizes that his grandmother can actually still walk and starts to tinker with a new invention: In the barn by the house he hangs up a support frame that is connected to a rail on the ceiling. Herta tries the construction, but is too cocky and brings it to collapse. The action is disguised as a domestic accident from the friends - which leads the three to insist even more on moving to the old people's home. They also claim that Gregor would certainly rather do other things than look after his grandmother. Herta becomes unsure whether she is a burden for her grandson after all.

Gregor starts building a new construction. This time he wants to make walking easier with a body strap that hangs on helium balloons. While the three friends want to take Herta out of the house and into the car to the retirement home, Gregor tests his new invention, but takes off unplanned and soars into the air. Herta shoots the balloons with a rifle, but first hits Gregor in the leg and only then hits the balloons. Herta's friends give up their plan with the old people's home because grandchildren and grandma are just too crazy. Gregor now has a leg in plaster from his adventure and hobbles on crutches, while Herta slowly learns to walk with his balloon invention. At the end you can see them both laughing and running across a meadow.

production

Gregor's greatest invention was Johannes Kiefer's directorial debut. The work on the film began in 1998, the shooting was interrupted again and again by lack of money, only ended in summer 2001. The film was shot in Brandenburg. The costumes created Martina sound that Filmbauten come from Daniel Beck . The production costs amounted to around 50,000 euros, some of which came from the Berlin-Brandenburg Film Funding Agency, some from sponsors and from director Kiefer himself. After the film was finished, Kiefer tried unsuccessfully to broadcast it on television.

The film was shown in October 2001 at the Austin Film Festival. In Germany, the film was shown in January 2002 at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival (German premiere) and on April 19, 2002 at the Dresden Film Festival .

Awards (selection)

Gregor's greatest invention won the 2001 Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival and first prize at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. In 2002 he was nominated for the short film award at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival.

The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 2002. The German film and media rating gave the film in 2004 the rating "particularly valuable".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gregor's greatest invention . goethe.de
  2. ↑ 7 days with Johannes Kiefer . zeit.de, March 21, 2002.
  3. ↑ Alexander Remler: Hot air for Hollywood . In: Berliner Morgenpost , February 22, 2002, p. 18.
  4. ↑ a b Director Kiefer is surprised . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , February 14, 2002.
  5. ^ Gregor's air number . In: Der Spiegel , No. 8, 2002, p. 196.
  6. ↑ Embarrassed cheers. Oscar-nominated flick fell through at home . In: Rhein-Zeitung , February 14, 2002.
  7. ↑ Gregor's greatest invention on fbw-filmbassy.com