Short film

Lothringen!

1994 · 20 min

A dry, austere history lesson delivered with slow, static gravity, demanding patience and rewarding viewers with quiet formal rigor.

Overview: About the history of the French region of Lorraine, called Lothringen in German.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Politics, war, identity, memory
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
war
identity
memory
power
Places: countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Written by: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Starring: Emmanuelle Straub, Dominique Dostat, André Varynski, Jean-Marie Straub
Cinematography: Christophe Pollock, Emmanuelle Collinot
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Germany, France
Languages: German, French