DER NARR
Every night, the peaceful streets of Stuttgart are being plagued with the sudden appearance of a dark figure wearing a clown's mask. Nobody knows what the anonymous person could be up to. Being confrontated with the Clown, each citizen reacts in their very own manner. Abnormal situations escalate.
Shot in public, the film consists of both, documentary and staged confrontations with a masked person searching for attention.
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Korinna HerzigDirector
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Korinna HerzigWriter
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Korinna HerzigProducer
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Irene BaumannKey Cast
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Santiago UickerKey Cast
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Annemieke DöringKey Cast
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Rudolf KautzKey Cast
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Freya von BülowKey Cast
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Malte SchmidtKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):DER NARR
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Genres:Mystery, Drama
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Runtime:15 minutes
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Completion Date:September 1, 2016
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Production Budget:1,500 EUR
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:German
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Shooting Format:Digital FullHD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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5th DELHI SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALDelhi
India
November 6, 2016
Indian Premiere
BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC (STUDENT) -
18th MADURAI FILM FESTIVALMadurai
India
December 6, 2016 -
SWEET AS FILM FESTIVAL DECEMBER’S EDITIONMontreal
Canada
December 22, 2016
HONORABLE MENTION -
1st CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI INT’L FILM FESTIVALPune
India
December 24, 2016 -
4th INTERNATIONAL MOTION FESTIVALNicosia
Cyprus
May 11, 2017 -
12th ÉCU – THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILMParis
France
April 21, 2017
Europe Premiere -
17th DEADCENTER FILM FESTIVALOklahoma City
United States
June 8, 2017 -
FECIBOGOTA - 3rd INT'L INDEPENDENT FILM FAIR OF BOGOTÁBogotá
Colombia
June 14, 2017 -
5th SUPER GEEK FILM FESTIVALRaleigh
United States
July 14, 2017 -
5th SUPER GEEK FILM FESTIVALFort Lauderdale
United States
July 27, 2017 -
2nd NEWARK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALNewark
United States
September 8, 2017 -
8th SHORT TO THE POINT INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVALBucharest
Romania
September 9, 2017 -
4th SAN FRANCISCO INT'L NEW CONCEPT FILM FESTIVALSan Francisco
United States
October 25, 2017 -
Ouarzazate international film festivalOuarzazate
Morocco
September 18, 2017 -
MedFFSiracusa
Italy
January 2, 2018
Korinna Herzig, born 06/13/1986 in Reutlingen, is now living in Stuttgart, Germany. She has been working as a digital media designer and filmmaker since 2007. She also lived in Paris and Orlando to work there for the Disney company. She studied Film and Video and graduated in 2016 from the Merz Akademie Stuttgart with her graduation film DER NARR. Today, she does editorial work for the TV channel SWR, is actively working in the field of youth media education, co-initated an event series for sublime film culture in theatres of Stuttgart and continues at the same time as a freelance filmmaker.
In the year 2013, I was flying on an airplane and got one of those free newspapers that they hand out. Now, I know that one article, I was going to find, would affect me for the next years to come. The headline said: „Nicht lustig“ („Not funny“). The artice was talking about a mysterious clown that was sighted in the streets of Northampton. People liked him as much as they hated him.
That idea followed me to the southwest of Germany where I kept thinking about the backstory of a person whom may want to dress up at night to hide himself as much as he would like to go out and get attention.
As a female storyteller, I felt connected to that secret figure in several different ways. One part is that playfull challenge a clown would go through being faced with pedestrians.
Another might be the attraction to that horror effect that lies within. But the most important aspect – a metaphor to a life in a superficial society – was to showcase how a person might feel to cover up her face from day to day with a thick layer of make-up to hide as many flaws possible in hope to find people being interested.
Thus DER NARR is a metaphorical tale about the struggle to find attention in society. And how difficult it is to find true connection no matter how much you try.