Hans Dampf (film)
Hans Dampf is a German road movie fairy tale by Jukka Schmidt & Christian Mrasek from 2013 .
action
Hans is fed up. He quits his job to finally give air to his unsatisfied longing for a different life. First of all, the slightly battered-looking businessman in a suit gives away his cell phone. With a red savings bank bag full of money - his severance payment - he sits with his favorite Italian and ponders the next steps. A photo from the Amalfi Coast caught his eye. He immediately decides to travel there, towards real life. On the way to Italy he meets charming and bizarre companions who keep washing him in new directions.
nomination
FILMZ - Festival of German Cinema 2013. Hans Dampf was screened in the feature film competition at FILMZ in Mainz.
background
The idea for the micro-budget film came to the independent filmmakers Jukka Schmidt and Christian Mrasek , who work in the vicinity of Filmclub 813 and the Cologne group , after filming The Cross-Entrants .
However, since the necessary funds were not raised, it took until 2011 for the film to be implemented. Thanks to the personal commitment of all those involved, the film was shot and completed with a budget of 50,000 euros without television participation or corporate sponsorship .
This enabled the directors and actors to use all their artistic freedom to implement the film , which was inspired by the fairy tale Hans im Glück , according to their own style. An important design element of the film is its elaborate soundtrack .
Reviews
Ulrich Kriest wrote:
“The utopia of an unconditional basic income and an old photo of the Amalfi coast - that's all it takes to set this 'road movie fairy tale' (self-disclosure) from the Cologne independent scene in motion! ...
'Hans Dampf', the new film by Christian Mrasek (Die Quereinsteigerinnen) and Jukka Schmidt, is a real stroke of luck for a philosophical summer film, which also touches on the dream of a self-determined life. Chance always turns everything for the better here when - like Hans - you learn not to be so determined. In any case, the film does exactly the same ... "
Toby Ashraf wrote:
"So far, it's been a good year for films that ignore logical storytelling and present you with a series of What the fuck? Moments, as seen in the brilliant Modest Reception or the beautifully mad Kaspar Hauser. Hans Dampf effortlessly joins their rows and proves that gaga is not just a pop music phenomenon, but a great way to make a film. Get ready for people who start singing in the middle of a scene, for fluffy roosters to fall from the sky, and expect a lot of miscommunication for various and the most absurd reasons. “Money is the root of all evil” is what filmmakers Jukka Schmidt and Christian Mrasek put in the end credits and they add, “produced without any corporate sponsoring”. In fact, Hans Dampf was shot for only € 50,000 with a small crew of ambitious and adventurous allies in Germany and Italy. (...) Schmidt and Mrasek give out the strong message here that you don't need a lot of money to do what you want to do if you really want to do it. Like Hans, they find their happiness in the small things and come up with an extremely charming, properly freaky, and very entertaining little film. Have fun!"
Web links
- Jack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blog about the film
- Distribution of real fiction films