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Story

Synopsis

The story is set some time in the past, or maybe some time in the future. Given a time-frame, we would say somewhere between the American moonwalk, and Coca- Cola's serious ambition to turn the moon into an advertising logo. Our central character, the young lift operator, is formed by experience into cynicism, detachment, and apathy. The story builds to its crescendo: of public outrage and state crackdown; the banality of commercial interest and the monumental rape of nature. Set in a large newspaper office, the Lift is a place of relative safety. But floor by floor, with each passenger in his or her tableau, the atmosphere of mayhem seeps in. Finally our young character leaves the situation, far-gone in hopelessness and disinterest.

Director

Emily Kuhnke

Writers

Billy MacKinnon

Language

English

Release date

7 February 2012

Budget

$15,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Daniel-Frantisek Kamen

  Sven

• 

  Tomas Spencer

  Albert

• Robert Baum

  Assistant Müller

• Philip Brehse

  Otto

• Manuel Däbritz

  Hoffmeister

• 

  Daniel Faust

  Police Officer

• 

  Maximilian Gehrlinger

  Liftboy 2

• 

  Christian Harting

  Commissar

• 

  Benjamin Heinrich

  Assistant Koffer

• Matthew Koudys

  Respectable Male

• Sylvie Krause-Grégoire

  Patrycia

• 

  Stephanie Krogmann

  Respectable female