Midsommar Stories

Movie
Original title	Midsommar Stories
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1999
length	98 minutes
Rod
Director	Elena Alvarez , Michael Chauvistré, Markus Krämer, Andi Niessner , Livia Vogt, Heike Wasem
script	Elena Álvarez ; (episode "Himmelbett") ; Michael Chauvistré ; (episode "Pax") ; Andi Niessner ; (episode "Sabotage") ; Livia Vogt ; (episode "The goblins are coming") ; Heike Wasem ; (episode "Am Rande")
production	Allary-Film, Tv & Media with BR and HFF Munich
music	Christian Knobel
occupation
	Janine Albrecht : Lilly ; (episode "The Goblins Are Coming"); Lucy Allary : Magic Girl ; (episode "The Goblins Are Coming"); Susanne Batteux : Melanie ; (episode "Pax"); Raban Bieling : Phillip ; (episode "Pax"); Jacques Breuer : Mr. Mehring ; (episode "Sabotage"); Matthias Büdinger : Edmund ; (episode "Am Rande"); Oliver Bürgin : Klaus ; (episode "Sabotage"); Calvin Burke : American IKEA customer ; (episode "Pax"); Sarah Camp : colleague Berta ; (episode "Sabotage"); Lilli Forgach : Mrs. Gruber ; (episode "Sabotage"); Christoph Gareisen : Commissioner ; (episode "Sabotage"); Anna Griesebach : Yvonne ; (episode "Sabotage"); Matthias Grundig : Penner ; (episode "Sabotage"); Petra Hinze : Woman on the bus ; (episode "Sabotage"); Liz Howard : American IKEA customer ; (episode "Pax"); Sandra Hüller : Beatrice ; (episode "Sabotage"); Joachim R. Iffland : Martin ; (episode "Pax"); Tiffany Ischinger : Karla ; (episode "Pax"); Rudi Knauss : Father ; (episode "The Goblins Are Coming"); Annette Kreft : Mother ; (episode "The Goblins Are Coming"); Udo Kroschwald : Brigadführer ; (episode "Sabotage"); Annika Kuhl : Lene ; (episode "Himmelbett"); Anja Neuer-Müßiggang: Overseer ; (episode "Sabotage"); Jana Josephina Leipziger : Julia ; (episode "The Goblins are Coming"); Franziska Petri : Jacqueline ; (episode "Sabotage"); Kevin Pinock : IKEA employee ; (episode "Pax"); Daniel Rasch : civil servant ; (episode "Sabotage"); Hans Heiko Raulin : colleague ; (episode "Sabotage"); Reinhard Schmidt : Dr. Lemke ; (episode "Sabotage"); Kai Schumann : Roland ; (episode "Sabotage"); Johannes Silberschneider : Mr. Huf ; (episode "Himmelbett"); Jochen Striebeck : Father ; (episode "On the Edge"); Jürgen Tonkel : Dr. Hofmann ; (episode "Sabotage"); Renate Usko : Stasi officer ; (episode "Sabotage"); Paul Eduard Yombo : African dancer ; (episode "Pax"); Billie Zöckler : Mrs. Huf ; (episode "Himmelbett");

Midsommar Stories is a German episode film with the episodes "Himmelbett", "Pax", "Sabotage", "The Goblins Come" and "Am Rande".

action

The episode film describes people who are motivated by different emotions, with the "furniture paradise" IKEA playing a decisive role in all of them. The film was developed by students in the department for dramaturgy and story development at the Munich HFF under the direction of Doris Dörrie .

Episode: Sabotage

After a sabotaged escape attempt, Jacqueline ends up in a GDR women's prison, where she has to produce IKEA furniture under the direction of the guard in inhumane prison conditions.

Episode: Pax

Karla disappears without a trace in the IKEA closet Pax. Her father Martin looks for her in the closet and arrives at an IKEA store in America.

Episode: The tapestries are coming

A mysterious girl gives Lilly a "Goblin", a Scandinavian fairy tale creature, in an IKEA parking lot.

Episode: On the Edge

The farmer and his son Edmund have lost their farmland to an IKEA branch and are employed by IKEA.

Episode: Four Poster Bed

Lene decides to buy a new bed from IKEA. Ms. Huf also wants a four-poster bed. At IKEA the women meet by chance.

reception

The film was only shown at a few festivals:

33rd Hof International Film Festival (Hof, 1999)
26th International Film Weekend (Würzburg, 2000)
International Film Festival of Kerala (India, 2000)
Cannes International Film Festival 2000 (Cannes, 2000)
Maine International Film Festival (Maine, 2000)
Sarasota Film Festival (Sarasota, 2001)
Festival of German Films (Cape Town / Pretoria, 2001)

Web links

Midsommar stories in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Website of the film

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.niessnerfilm.de/films/sabotage.php

[1] ttp://www.niessnerfilm.de/films/sabotage.php