THE BOY WITHOUT QUALITIES

DER JUNGE OHNE EIGENSCHAFTEN

Directed by Thomas Stiller

SUNDAY JANUARY 14 3:30PM CASTRO

Tim’s life has a peculiar, slow rhythm, and he can’t quite distinguish between real life and fantasy. Perhaps the bullet lodged in his head is to blame; it’s a vestige of his father’s attempt to destroy the entire family when Tim was very young. When he meets Claudia, whose life is also overshadowed by her father, they immediately connect, but the bond is broken by another act of violence. Now Tim must finally confront his childhood trauma in order to learn to live in reality.

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US Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2005
Run Time
35mm, 96 min, color
German with
English subtitles
Cast
Marek Harloff
Lisa Martinek
Dagmar Manzel
Paul Faßnacht
Peter Lohmeyer
Camera
Bernd Meiners
Screenwriter
Thomas Stiller
Printsource
Aurora Television
Email
mwessel@aurorafilm.de
Director

Thomas Stiller
was born in 1961 and studied acting in New York at the HB Studio and Actors Studio. After several appearances in plays and TV films, he set himself to writing screenplays and directing. His films include THE BURNING SNAIL (1994/95), STILLE NACHT – HEILIGE NACHT (1998/99), and DIE WUNDE (2001, at
Berlin & Beyond, 2002).