Short film

Fascinating Doll's House

1987 · 9 min

A brief, dreamlike collage of images and sound that drifts by like a half-remembered childhood, unsettling and quietly sad.

Directed by: Uli Versum
Starring: Hermione Zittlau, Ades Zabel, Uli Versum

Overview: Short experimental film about family and childhood. Features intertitles and a soundtrack of music and effects.

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Directed by: Uli Versum
Starring: Hermione Zittlau, Ades Zabel, Uli Versum

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 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: family
memory
identity
isolation
Places: home
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Directed by: Uli Versum
Written by: Uli Versum
Starring: Hermione Zittlau, Ades Zabel, Uli Versum
Runtime: 9 min

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