Im Sommer sitzen die Alten
In Summer they Sit, the Elderly

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2009 runtime 22'00 colour ,
screening format DigiBeta aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Petra is a filmmaker. Inspired by the death of her grandmother Magdalena, the chats with Magdalena's partner and lover Gertrud as well as an old suitcase of Magdalena, she writes a poem. To keep her memories of Magdalena and Gertrud alive and prevent them from fading, she makes a film with the poem in it. The story of this film is based on the published poem IN SUMMER THEY SIT, THE ELDERLY by Ulrike Almut Sandig.

director Beate Kunath Besetzung / Cast Maria Mägdefrau, Martina Hesse, Reinalde Schink Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Marlen Pelny Schnitt / Editing Jana Teuchert Bildgestaltung / DOP Thomas Beckmann Produktion / Production Ralf Glaser Drehbuch / Script Beate Kunath Tongestaltung / Sound Design Erik Wiesbaum
Festivals
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, Germany
Circuito Off: Venice International Short Film Festival, Italy
Production
  • Chemnitzer Filmwerkstatt e.V.
  • Ralf Glaser
  • Zwickauer Str. 425
  • 09117 Chemnitz
  • +49 371 858302
  • http://www.filmwerkstatt.de
Distribution
  • Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
  • Daniel Ammann
  • Mehringdamm 33
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 28529090
  • http://www.salzgeber.de

Beate Kunath

Born 1967 in Karl-Marx-Stadt;
1993 to 2004, Chemnitzer Filmwerkstatt e.V.;
lives and works in Chemnitz and Berlin as a freelance filmmaker

Filmography
2000 FORBIDDEN FRUIT
2006 SONNTAG MORGEN
2008 ...GERADEZU HERAUS. IRMTRAUD MORGNER
2009 MY OWN PRIVATE LIBRARY