Nena & Dave Stewart: "Be my Rebel"
Winner of 46 international awards!
Children dream of what they will be as adults and adults dream about their childhood. But sometimes, when orderly life becomes paralyzed in routine, adults need the inner child to bring about change: "Be my rebel", the first collaboration of the two music legends Nena and Dave Stewart, premiered at Nenas 40th anniversary on stage. The accompanying video by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Virgil Widrich transfers the story into a dreamlike, glass mirror world that is powered by Dave Stewart at the controls of his classic modular synthesizers. At the typewriter: Nena as an annoyed bookkeeper, who threatens to disappear soon with her flower dress in her flower wallpaper. But the inner dialogue works in both directions and soon takes effect: rebellion changes the past – and thus also the future.
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Virgil WidrichDirectorFast Film, Copy Shop, back track, Vienna table trip, Night of a 1000 Hours
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Virgil WidrichWriterFast Film, Copy Shop, back track, Vienna table trip, Night of a 1000 Hours
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Philipp PalmProducer
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Nena KernerKey Cast99 Red Balloons
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Dave StewartKey CastEurythmics
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Annika PrevrhalKey Cast"child"
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Bernhard SchlickCamera
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Kristin FeddersenProduction design
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Dennis HansenProduction design
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Dave StewartMusicEurythmics
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Nena KernerMusic99 Red Balloons
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Derek von KroghMusic
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Georgios TsialisMake-up
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Susan Voss-RedfernMake-up
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Frank WildeStyling
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Philipp PalmDrums
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Eileen BrunngräberProduction manager
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Sabrina DonatiExecutive Producer
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Philipp PalmExecutive Producer
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
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Genres:Sci-Fi, Dystopia, Phantasy, Wonderland, Rock, Pop, Eurythmics, Nena, Childhood, film noir
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Runtime:3 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:February 19, 2018
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Production Budget:50,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital DSLR
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Aspect Ratio:1:1.78
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Virgil Widrich, born 1967 in Salzburg, winner of over 150 international film awards including an Oscar-nomination for his short "Copy Shop". His most recent feature film is "Night of a 1000 Hours" (2016). In 2018 he directed his first music video "Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel" and produced the experimental short "Light Matter". Virgil Widrich lives in Vienna, Austria.