Sami

Sami, a twelve year old palestinien boy comes to Berlin in search for his brother. He has an encounter with the rather strange 78 years old Shlomo. Because of a misfortune Sami’s appearance changes from an arabic looking boy to a jewish looking boy. Not having found his brother and suffering under cold weather he breaks down. From then on the old man is looking after him and pretends Sami is his grandson when meeting his friends. It quickly becomes apparent that they need each other to survive.

Credits

Cast:

Ahmad Zaher

Heinz Hellmich

Jan-Geerd Buss

Georg Tryphon

Silke Matthias

Yekta Arman

Samir Fuchs

Buddy Elias

Script:

Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali

Camera:

Marian Engel

Editing:

Anja Siemens

Producer:

Sarika Hemi Lakhani

Sound:

Heiko Lohman

Music:

Nils Frahm

Film info

Direction:

Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2008

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

35