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Useless Eaters - Lüneburg 45

May 1945: WWII is over. Yet months later, disabled children still die at the Lüneburg Special Children’s Ward. The liberators know nothing about these victims of the Nazi regime. How could this be, and why are we only learning the truth now? The docu Useless Eaters aims to shed a light on their story.

  • Moritz Jakobi
    Director
  • Moritz Jakobi
    Writer
  • Florian Wentsch
    Writer
  • Marisa Meier
    Producer
  • Carola Rudnick
    Key Cast
  • Ilse Sievers
    Key Cast
  • Friedrich Buhlrich
    Key Cast
  • Theo Schubert
    Key Cast
  • Hans-Peter Meier
    Key Cast
  • Dominik Kostolnik
    Sound
  • Tobias Adam
    Sound
  • Maciej Rolbiecki
    Director of Photography
  • Simeon Herrmann
    Animation
  • Felix Zehender
    Animation
  • Regina Haselhorst
    Animation
  • Raquel Caro Nuñez
    Editing
  • Marco Rottig
    Colorgrading
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Unnütze Esser - Lüneburg 45
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Student, Television
  • Runtime:
    32 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    60,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Moritz Jakobi

Moritz Jakobi was born in 1987 in Hildesheim. In the fall of 2011, he received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Bayreuth in Theater and Media. He worked for a year in Munich for ProSieben, BR and Minga Media. Since 2012 until 2015 he studied directing television journalism culture Education Science at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. In Bayreuth, he won several regional short film awards, in March 2013 he was nominated for an Emmy with Digital and 2013 won with the production KiKa Party Check the Goldener Spatz.

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