Gieselmann

Gieselmann

33 mins | Drama | April 8, 2021

How do you become who you are? Through the slights one experiences, believes freelance journalist and author Dirk Gieselmann. One late evening, he is alone in his apartment. His camera is set up in front of him, with which he records himself. In doing so, he first introduces himself personally and announces that he will call three people. In the telephone calls that follow, he confronts his interlocutors with long-ago encounters, experienced ruthlessness and the accusation that they drove him out of the paradise of childhood. That evening, he wants to know what the reasons were for the slights and hopes to be able to make sense of them. He realizes that his childhood has finally come to an end and remembers the world of thoughts that surrounded him when he was a little boy. Then he receives an unexpected call from his family.

Gieselmann

33 mins | Drama | April 8, 2021

Gieselmann
How do you become who you are? Through the slights one experiences, believes freelance journalist and author Dirk Gieselmann. One late evening, he is alone in his apartment. His camera is set up in front of him, with which he records himself. In doing so, he first introduces himself personally and announces that he will call three people. In the telephone calls that follow, he confronts his interlocutors with long-ago encounters, experienced ruthlessness and the accusation that they drove him out of the paradise of childhood. That evening, he wants to know what the reasons were for the slights and hopes to be able to make sense of them. He realizes that his childhood has finally come to an end and remembers the world of thoughts that surrounded him when he was a little boy. Then he receives an unexpected call from his family.
Producers RB Filmwerk
Original title Gieselmann
Directors Robin Epkenhans, Rainer Bärensprung
Writers

Cast

Stephan Möller-Titel

as Dirk Gieselmann

Theresa Berlage

as Frau Schiller

Mirko Thiele

as Ulf der Dorfschläger

Fritzi Oster

as Christiane Döring

Maureen Havlena

as Frau Gieselmann

Emma Johanna Bergann

as Lea Gieselmann