LUMBER KINGS

DIE KÖNIGE DER NUTZHOLZGEWINNUNG

Directed by Matthias Keilich

MONDAY JANUARY 15 4:30PM CASTRO

After years of traveling the world, amiable “loser” Krischan returns to Tanne, a working class village in Lower Harz, where no one is particularly happy about his return. Nevertheless, he decides to stay because he has an idea: Since all his old friends and colleagues know their way around trees and woodworking, why not host a lumberjack competition in Tanne? Everyone could benefit. After an initially cool reception, Krischan’s idea gains favor as his wit and charm transform a general sense of lethargy and despair into anticipation, action and hopefulness.

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US Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2006
Run Time
35mm, 94 min, color
German with
English subtitles
Cast
Bjarne Ingmar Mädel
Frank Auerbach
Steven Merting
Peter Sodann
Christina Große
Camera
Henning Stirner
Screenwriter
Khyana el Bitar
Matthias Keilich
Printsource
Niko Film
Email
katja@nikofilm.de

Director

Matthias Keilich
was born in 1965 in Calw, Baden-Württemberg. He worked as a sculptor in Stuttgart and Freiburg until 1993, when he began studying script writing and directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (DFFB). During his studies, Matthias Keilich made WER AUSSTEIGT HAT VERLOREN (1996), TOD IN NEW YORK (1996), ZU (1998), and his feature-length graduation film NEITHER FISH, NOR FOWL (2001).