Jesus, Man­fred!

Manfred has two sons and lives together with his wife Isolde, who has been cheating on him for many years. The head of the family is Manfred`s mother, Frauke Hermann- Mann who is a right-wing populist. Everyone looks disregardful at Manfred who is getting hurt very easily. He has little humour and is a sensitive guy. On Christmas Eve, when the whole family is together, he decides to poison each family member and to enforce happiness: “That way we are all going to be together in heaven.” When they arrive in purgatory they meet the devil who decides between heaven and hell. Meanwhile, Manfred is suffering from more exclusion and Isolde tells him she wishes for a divorce. His mother admits that he won`t inherit the family`s company. Shortly before devil makes his decision, his intern arrives and notices a mistake.

Credits

Cast:

Arno Sudermann – Manfred

Petra Nadolny – Isolde Hermann-Mann

Luise Lunow – Frauke Hermann-Mann

Peter Groeger – Hermann Hermann-Mann

Benjamin Lutzke – Pascal

Luis Krawen – Otto

Charles Lemming – Teufel

Gerald Sommerauer – Praktikant

Script:

Antonia Walther

Gesche Loft

Isabella Kröger

Camera:

Lukas Eylandt

Editing:

Lisa Friedhofen

Producer:

Jana Kreissl

Sound:

Jonathan Ritzel

Film info

Direction:

Antonia Walther

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 and 25 fps fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13 min