Eine Sekunde der Welt

What happens in a single second around the world? "A second of the world" is a flash light on the deeply human, which happens at the same time but in different places of this world.Based on a short story by the German writer Siegfried Lenz.

NOTE: The film is also available with english narration.

  • Anja Struck
    Director
    Enfants de Miel, Allerleirauh, How to raise the Moon
  • Frank Becher
    Producer
    Der Schüler, Triumph des Nichtschwimmers,
  • Angela Poschet
    Producer
  • Roland Beiküfner
    Key Cast
    "The bookkeeper"
  • Friederike Pöhlmann
    Key Cast
    "Frau des Malers"
  • Musa Karaoğlu
    Key Cast
    "Maler"
  • Torben Liebrecht
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Eine Sekunde der Welt
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English, German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Landshuter Kurzfilmfest
    Landshut
    Germany
    April 28, 2022
    World Premiere
    German Competition
  • Fünfseenfestival
    Starnberg
    Germany
    August 25, 2022
    Competition
  • Niederrhein-Filmfestival
    Wesel
    Germany
    August 27, 2022
    Bester Film
  • Harzmovienale
    Quedlinburg
    Germany
    August 27, 2022
    Bester Film, Publikumspreis Sektion Professioneller Film
  • Kunstgriffrolle
    Heide in Holstein
    Germany
    September 4, 2022
    Best Film
  • Imajitari - International Dance Film Festiva
    Djakarta
    Indonesia
  • FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos
    Mainz
    Germany
  • Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen
    Göttingen
    Germany
    December 3, 2022
  • 44. Biberacher Filmfestspiele
    Biberach
    Germany
    November 4, 2022
  • Return International Film & Art Festival
    Weimar
    Germany
    October 27, 2022
  • ABUJA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    October 31, 2022
  • StradaFest
    Los Angeles
    Best Film
  • Sittannavasal International Film Festival

    Best Concept
  • Rohip International Film Festival

    Honorable Mention Best International Short
  • Monologue&Poetry Internation Film Festival
    Valleja
    United States
Director Biography - Anja Struck

Anja Struck, born 1973 in Paderborn, studied graphic design for two years at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen, and four years of experimental film and animation at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne, where she graduated in 2004 with the film “Allerleirauh”. She has directed several animated and non-animated short films that have been shown internationally and have received numerous awards.

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Director Statement

For me, the challenge of translating a poetic text into a film is to find images that not only illustrate the text, but also add another layer to it, so that a new impression emerges from the tension between word and image. The image should neither dominate the text nor vice versa; both should be given the space to work side by side.
I imagine the cinematic implementation of the short story "One Second of the World" by Siegfried Lenz as a series of small poetic everyday scenes, which in their sum indicate the benevolent work of a higher order.