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| Directed by | Corinna Liedtke |
| Written by | Corinna Liedtke, Peter Schüttemeyer |
| Produced by | Melanie Andernach |
| Starring | Stefan Lampadius |
| Cinematography | Peter Schüttemeyer |
| Edited by | Monika Pirch |
| Music by | Roland Meyer de Voltaire, Christoph Schneider |
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| Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Thomas, Thomas is a 2010 German short mockumentary film, directed by German film director Corinna Liedtke. The film participated in several German and European film festivals and won a few prizes.
Plot
Wolfgang Weber is a bit unworldly archivist of the city of Castrop-Rauxel. He makes an astonishing discovery while receiving treatment at Thomas Vallomtharayil's Ayurvedic clinic. 150 years earlier, another Thomas was at work where the clinic stands today: the Irish mining pioneer and Ruhr legend Thomas Mulvany. This film accompanies the archivist in a documentary style through his research into the astounding parallels between the lives of the two Thomas’, which leads Wolfgang Weber to a striking conclusion: Thomas Vallomtharayil is the reincarnation of Thomas Mulvany.
Awards
- 2010: Special mention at the 27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival in Kassel, Germany
- 2011: Team Award at the German film festival 24th Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Background
At first Thomas, Thomas was only an episode of the German TV movie Zeche is nich – Sieben Blicke auf das Ruhrgebiet 2010, which was produced in the context of Ruhr.2010. The film tells the fictional and non-fictional stories of young filmmakers of their home, the Ruhr Area. Later Thomas, Thomas and other episodes of this TV movie were released as self-contained films.
Miscellaneous
- In Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall (Wolfgang Weber - A new case) the archivist examines the market place of Castrop-Rauxel, where curiously a lot of accidents happen.
- The teaser Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel (Wolfgang Weber - New Cases from Castrop-Rauxel) shows new cases of Wolfgang Weber.
References
- Thomas, Thomas at the 22nd Ankara International Film Festival
- Program of the film festival Ambulart 2010 | Muestra de arte audiovisual
- Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall on Vimeo (German)
- IMDb-entry of Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall
- Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel on Vimeo (German)
- IMDb-entry of Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel
External links
- Thomas, Thomas at IMDb
- Thomas, Thomas on Vimeo (with English subtitles
- Thomas, Thomas (with English subtitles) on YouTube
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