UK Premiere
Tango Berlin 探戈柏林
Cinephilia Encounters: Amorous Exile and the Gaze
Year of Production 1997
Production Countries/Regions Germany
Duration 6 mins
Genres Drama
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Subtitle Language(s)
Director(s)
Florian Gallenberger
German Kral
Director’s Bio
Florian Gallenberger, born in 1972 in Munich. He is a German film director and writer. From 1992 to 1999, he studied Direction at the University of Television and Film Munich. In 2001, he won the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards and an Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category for his short film Quiero Ser which is set in Mexico.
Director German Kral, born in 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He came to Germany in 1991 and studied film at the University of Television and Film Munich. He is a director and writer, known for Adios Buenos Aires (2023), Our Last Tango (2015) and El último aplauso (2009).
Synopsis
A young Argentinian janitor, a famous german director, a song by Carlos Gardel, the streets of berlin and a never ending film on an old Steenbeck…that´s tango Berlin.
Shot in one day, without script, crew or money. We only had a camera, three cans of black and white negative, an old car, Wim Wenders for half an hour and very little sleep.
Festivals & Awards
1997 31st Hof International Film Festival
Scriptwriter(s)
Florian Gallenberger, German Kral
Producer(s)
Wolfgang Längsfeld
Executive Producer(s)
Jolanda Darbyshire, Nikolaus Prediger
Key Casts
Wim Wenders, German Kra
Curators’ note
In this newly restored short film, an Argentinian janitor spends an unexpected night in Wim Wenders’ cutting room in Berlin. Set against a classic tune by Carlos Gardel, the young man discovers a seemingly never-ending film looping through an old Steenbeck editing machine. The boundaries between dream and reality are masterfully blurred, slipping gently out of sync with time itself, as the role of cinema in this dreamscape is playfully questioned. (Alexandra Paulus)
Presented with the Film Heritage Project at the University of Television and Film Munich.
Copyright of the stills©️Andreas Giesecke
