Abschiedsspiel
A film by: Ruby Behrmann, Evamaria Müller and Julia Novacek; with: Kenneth Bakos, William Ebert, Reiner Frank, Sam Simpson, Norbert Lohfink, Edgar Röder, Dunja Müth-Rödling, Dietmar Müth, Hannah Flach, Sarah Flach, Lene Hansel, Liana Müller, Emily Peppel, Lena Peppel, Rudy Honings, Anette Müth, Milena Röder, Oliver Röder, Neele Kauck, Florian Zimmermann, Gerhard Zimmermann; screenplay: Julia Novacek, Ruby Behrmann, Evamaria Müller; director: Julia Novacek and Ruby Behrmann; DOP: Francy Fabritz; Second camera, lighting: Janne Ebel; Camera assistance: Micaela Masetto, Anouk Schmit; Editing: Julia Novacek; Production, management: Alessia Neumann, Mariya Barashka; production and costume design: Evamaria Müller; sound design: Evamaria Müller; sound mixer: Teresa Schwind, Evamaria Müller; second sound mixer: Lisa Puchnersupported by: Hessische Filmförderung, das Programm LEADER des Hessischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz, Tanz und Theater machen stark, FLUX Theater und Schule www.studiostudio.org
No new blood, no games. Many a sports field lies fallow in the villages of the Vogelsbergkreis. A soccer team consists of 11 players, but there is an increasing lack of young people to fill these positions. Most of them move away to the cities, they say. At first, the sports clubs tried to form teams from several villages, but in the meantime there are too few young people to fill these positions.
In "Abschiedsspiel", such a sports field becomes the venue for several intertwined events. The three artists Ruby Behrmann, Evamaria Müller and Julia Novacek have chosen a place with a very special history for this film project: The plane crash of an American reconnaissance plane in 1966, the soccer field as a product of German-American friendship and a ball drop from a helicopter are just some of the special features. Together with the inhabitants of the village, the artists reflect on these stories, place them in current contexts and ask questions about the future.
Abschiedsspiel