Beyond The For­est

As members of a German minority in Romania, the two young brothers Karl and Walle hide out in the snowy Carpathian Mountains to escape the threat of deportation by the Soviets. The greater the fear of being discovered, the more urgent the questions become: Will they find us? And who are we really? When a letter arrives from their father asking them both to return to the city or else he and their mother will be deported, the boys are faced with a momentous decision: Who should they save - their parents or themselves?

Credits

Cast:

Nils Hohenhövel

Florian Geißelmann

Script:

Marijana Verhoef

Camera:

Edoardo Scussel

Editing:

Sebastian Lempe

Producer:

Elena Zurbuch

Music:

Paul Emmerich

Film info

Direction:

Max Kern

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

2,35:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2,35:1

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

German

English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

29 min