Sisters (1999)

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Original title	Sisters
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1999
length	14 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
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Director	Mirjam Kubescha
script	Mirjam Kubescha
music	Giovanni Mirabassi
camera	Jürgen Juerges
cut	Mirjam Kubescha
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Julia Richter as Sophie Kerstin Schlör as Marina Jonathyn Price as Black GI Bianca Bachmann as a dancer Alexandra Bumiller as a dancer Beatrice Bumiller as a dancer Cindy Doblinger as a dancer Sabine Grundmann as a dancer Harriet Hahlweg as a dancer Anuschka Herbst as a dancer Julia Jaschke as a dancer Ariane Payer as a dancer Martin Rathgeb as a dancer Gerhard Schnall as a dancer Martina Schuster as a dancer Melanie Sigl as a dancer Andrew Vanoni as a bartender Hildegard Wendt as a dancer

Schwestern is a German short film by Mirjam Kubescha from 1999.

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The fourteen-minute short film depicts the adventure of a pair of sisters. Marina (Kerstin Schlör) loves the swing rhythms in a dance hall where German women dance with Americans. One evening she takes her blind sister Sophie (Julia Richter) with her. Sophie, fascinated by the sounds, meets a black GI (Jonathyn Price).

Awards

Mirjam Kubescha's film received the silver award at the German Short Film Festival and the jury award at the Short Film Festival in Mediawe ( Hungary ). The film also received the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize and the prize for the best short film in Győr . The film was represented at festivals in Gothenburg and at the Hof International Film Festival .

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"Schwestern" marked the start of careers for young actresses like Anuschka Herbst , Julia Jaschke , Ariane Payer and Melanie Sigl .

Web links

• Sisters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• official page