Private Project

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Based on the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft, "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" follows a young psychiatrist who believes, based on a few experiments on his patient Joe Slater, who suffers from daydreams and associated seizures, to unravel the mystery of the nature of dreams and to break the wall, that separates man from this unreal world.
In doing so, he finds more than he hoped for.
This film represents the attempt to combine the Lovecraftian narrative with experimental visual techniques based on the silent film and in doing so to pose anew Descartes' question about the difference between the experienced reality and that of the dream.

  • Marc Goldbach
    Director
  • Marc Goldbach
    Writer
  • H.P. Lovecraft
    Writer
  • Marc Goldbach
    Producer
  • Cyrill Heinen
    Key Cast
  • Amrit Sandhu
    Key Cast
  • Luisa Zhu
    Assistant Director, Gaffer, Camera Operator
  • Leonard Schmidt-Dominé
    Set Decorator, Set Dresser
  • Ann-Kathrin Peuthen
    Graphic Designer
  • Nils Kemmerling
    Guidance
  • Patrick Waldmann
    Guidance
  • Lina Montag
    Guidance
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 29, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    800 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Marc Goldbach

Born in 1998.
Resident of Düsseldorf, Germany.
Has a Bachelor in Media Design, used to work in Marketing, but left that field to work in the film industry.
Has worked numerous different jobs a freelance filmmaker on smaller and larger productions before getting the funding to complete his first own short film, "Beyond the Wall of Sleep".

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