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Photographer’s Wife, The | Die Frau des Fotografen – dir. Karsten Krause, Philip Widmann, 2011

date: 06/08/2011, time: 16:15, place: The Silver Star Cinema, film program: in the short run, artistic program: films

DE | 2011 | colour | 29 min
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Gerti Gerbert was photographed by her husband Eugen over a period spanning more than forty years. Besides the obligatory family photographs, from their wedding day until his death Eugen took countless pictures of Gerti: in her underwear, in homemade summer frocks, or completely naked; on the beach, in the woods, in the car, or on the floor at home. Using the Gerberts’ picture archive, interviews with Gerti, and Eugen’s notes, the film looks at what remains of life and love at the end.

AWARDS
2011 Krakow FF – Special Mention,
2011 Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca – Special Mention
2011 Hamburg ISFF – Special Mention   

DIRECTOR | Karsten Krause (1980) She studied Visual Communication at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. Lives and works in Hamburg.
DIRECTOR | Philip Widmann (1980) He graduated in Cultural Anthropology and visited the documentary film class at University of Fine Arts Hamburg. Since 2009 he is a member of the artist-run film laboratory LaborBerlin e.V.