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Two friends - Ace and Max – are sitting completely high in their car while they get witnesses of a corpse disposal.

After all, they get victims themselves - at least in their sleep. They are being returned back to reality by a policeman.

He arrests them because of a corpse in the trunk.

  • Alexander Baldreich
    Director
  • Alexander Baldreich
    Writer
  • Alexander Baldreich
    Producer
  • Gabriel Holzer
    Key Cast
  • Paul Basonga
    Key Cast
  • Manfred Fuchs
    Key Cast
  • Alexander Baldreich
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Rauchen verboten
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 27, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Come-On" Symposium im Stadttheater Wiener Neustadt
    Wiener Neustadt
    Austria
    Out of Competition
  • Street Cinema Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Out of Competition
  • Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video
    San Rafael
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Slum Film Festival
    Nairobi
    Kenya
    Official Selection - Semi Finalist
  • 9. Walser Filmtage 2018
    Wals
    Austria
    Special Price for Notable performers
  • 9. Walser Filmtage 2018
    Wals
    Austria
    Silver Medal
  • Kurzfilmfestival Wörgl
    Wörgl
    Austria
    Official Selection
  • 24. Videograndprix Liechtenstein
    Liechtenstein
    Liechtenstein
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Alexander Baldreich

Alexander Baldreich has been actively interested in the movie world since 2004.

At the beginning he produced his first amateur short movies. After more than two years, in 2009, his first amateur feature film „Deadly Friendships“ was completed, which was funded by the program “Cash for Culture”.

In 2012 he graduated in directing and production at the Film School Zlín in Czech Republic.

In 2013 he started a Production internship at Constantin Entertainment in Munich. He also worked as a lighting technician for “Znamení koně” - also a TV series – in Czech Republic.

In July 2018 he completed his master's degree in Film, TV and Media Creation and Distribution at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences.

In the years that followed, Alexander Baldreich produced several short movies, most of them also received the support from the states of Lower Austria, Carinthia and Upper Austria.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, he worked on his first independent western film with sci-fi elements, "The Stolen Time." It premiered in cinemas on March 6, 2025, and was also funded by the state of Lower Austria.

Filmography (selection)
"Ghost Kingdom" 2027
"Hell or Nothing" 2027
“Art of Eternity” 2026
“Stolen Time” 2025
“Stay Inside” 2022
“Black” 2021
“A sentimental journey” 2020
“Wildfremd” 2020
“John Parker and the Madman” 2020
“No Smoking” 2017
“Each his own day of death” 2017
“Spiknutí - Conspiracy” 2016

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