The View from Our House
Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin
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Anthea Kennedy and Ian Wiblin
Synopsis
An unseen woman witnesses the ordinary oppression and fear of the early years of National Socialism. She describes the sound of screaming she regularly hears on passing a military barracks whilst walking from her house to the station. Images of the barracks recur throughout the film, suggesting the routine tyranny that precipitates the woman's increasing fear and eventual journey into exile. The film's structure of repetition and retelling foregrounds the way in which her life is stunted by increasing marginalisation and terror. "I’m only just eighteen but sometimes I already feel so old that I think of dying," she writes in a letter to her would-be lover. The View from Our House is based in part on the memories, unsent letters and notebooks of a young photographer who lived in Berlin-Tempelhof. Aspects of her life are mapped out within this small area of Berlin through a succession of haunted images and sounds that imbue place with a sense of memory and history. http://www.view-from-our-house.info/
Details
- Year
- 2013
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 76 mins
- Format
- Video and Super 8 film
- Director
- Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin
- Producer
- Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin
- Editor
- Anthea Kennedy
- Screenwriter
- Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin
- Director of Photography
- Ian Wiblin
- Sound
- Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin
- Principal Cast
- Maren Hobein
- Sound Mix
- Philippe Ciompi
- Colorist
- Sue Giovanni
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 4th January 2016
