Dreamward
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dreamward - where does your path lead |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK (no age limit) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Szafranski, assistance: Stephan Rassmann |
| script | Martin Szafranski, Andreas Niederig , Dr. Heiner Renneberg |
| production | Dr. Heiner Renneberg, Andreas Niederig, Martin Szafranski, Mehrblick GmbH |
| music | Crystin Fawn, Dead Guitars, the sea & the sun |
| camera | Daniel Toelke, Klaus Reinelt, Fabian Kochert, Maximilian Selas, Jürgen Gruber, Michael Hausberger |
| cut | Martin Szafranski |
| occupation | |
Traumwärts - Where does your path lead? Is a German documentary film about the extreme athlete and motivational speaker Andreas Niederig from Oer-Erkenschwick from 2012. The director is Martin Szafranski. The narrator in the film is Xavier Naidoo . The film premiere in Germany took place on November 6, 2013 at the UCI in Bochum .
The film is about the Race Across America , a road bike marathon across the United States . It is driven day and night. The route of 4800 km and 30000 vertical meters leads through different landscapes and climatic zones, including deserts and mountains. The triathlete low is training for his lifelong dream of participating in this race as a solo driver. He was injured two days before his flight to the United States in 2011. He will be replaced by a team of eight recreational cyclists who will make his dream come true. The film documents the race, landscapes and spectators. Traumwärts is not a purely sports-related film. The faces, stories and encounters merge with the documentary narration of the course of the race. Xavier Naidoo speaks the introduction.
The competition places high physical and mental demands on the drivers. There are around 57 checkpoints on the route that must be passed; Furthermore, a time limit must be observed: For single drivers, this limit is 12 days and 5 hours. That means an average speed of around 17 km / h, including all breaks, sleep and traffic-related interruptions. Each of the participants can choose when and where they want to take breaks. He has to weigh up the value of additional driving time and the possibility of rest through sleep. Most participants sleep an average of about two hours a day. A big challenge is to be physically and mentally fit again after a very short sleep phase and to continue cycling.