Private Project

The Greatness of Man

The movie tells of Gods who came over the sea to create from two beliefs a third one. It tells of people who learn to fly and of birds who would rather stay in their cage. It tells of Yemaya, the Goddess of the ocean, who in spite of her riches and her power cannot believe in love.

  • Jana Richter
    Director
  • Rike Holtz
    Director
  • Jana Richter
    Writer
  • Rike Holtz
    Writer
  • Jana Richter
    Producer
  • Mabel Doval
    Key Cast
    Yemaya
  • Orelves Flores
    Key Cast
    Fisherman
  • José R. Acea
    Key Cast
  • Ángel Elizastegui
    Music
  • Alejandro Fernandez
    Production Assistant
  • Jana Richter
    Camera
  • Rike Holtz
    Camera
  • José R. Acea
    Feature Script
  • Alexander Heinze
    Sounddesign
  • Yana Drouz
    Dramaturgy Advisers
  • David Safarian
    Dramaturgy Advisers
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Grandeza del hombre
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 3, 2012
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Cuba
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    HDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Romanian Int. Film Festival (Ro-IFF) 2012
    Bucharest
    Romania
    World Premiere
    “Best Documentary Award 2012”
  • Atlantidoc 2012, 6. Festival Internacional de Cine documental del Uruguay
    Montevideo
    Uruguay
    Latin American Premiere
  • Festival international du film ethnographique du Quebec (FIFEQ) 2013
    Quebec
    Canada
    North American Premiere
  • 9° Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos, 2013
    Sucre
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of
    “Premio Pukañawi/Ojo Latinoamericano”
Director Biography - Jana Richter, Rike Holtz

born in 1978 in Magdeburg, Germany
2009 graduated from Film and Television Department at the University of Arts in Kassel (Prof. Yana Drouz, Prof. David Safarian)
2010 founded RICHTER PRODUCTION and realized films in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Mongolia, Germany
Member of NUR film group

Filmography (Documentaries):

2015 TRACES OF WAR, 55 min, Nagorno Karabakh
2014 RISING, 7.20 min, Germany
2012 THE GREATNESS OF MAN, 30 min, Cuba
2010 CHOLITA LIBRE: If you don't fight, you've already lost, 70 min, Bolivia
2009 GAUCHOS: If you don't get on, you won't fall off, 85 min, Argentina

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