- The Gamblers
Infobox Film
name = The Gamblers
caption = Movie poster
director =Sebastian Bieniek
producer = Sebastian Bieniek and Hartmut Bitomsky
writer = Sebastian Bieniek
´starring = Fritzi Malve Voss (Frederike Nass), Thomas B. Hoffmann, Sebastian Bieniek
music = Zarko Jovasevic
cinematography = Camilo Sottolichio and Vojtech Pokorny
editing = Sebastian Bieniek
runtime = 86 mins
country =Germany
language = German
budget = 2000 €
website = http://www.tenletters.de?directoryname=
imdb_id = 1112830The Gamblers ( _de. Die Spieler) is a 2007 German
no budget film , and the film with the lowest budget (budget: 2000 €/ shooting time: 10 days) that was ever in the competition of a "A"Film Festival .The
film is based on, but not always loyal to, the novel "The Gambler" byFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky , although the film follows more a love story plot that a gambling addiction plot.Production
The Gamblers was made as a no-budget production in the
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB, German Film and Television Academy Berlin) during the seminar of the Hungarian directorBéla Tarr .It was shot on the
Teufelsberg (German for Devil's Mountain), a hill inBerlin , which was built after theSecond World War from the rubble of Berlin (400 000 buildings). This is the only location where the film plays.Story
In the midst of a world -to an outsider, impenetrable- the house tutor of the deserted General, Alexej Iwanovitsch, once ruled byan uncontrollable addiction to gambling, falls in love with his employers stepdaughter Polina.Alexej understands very quickly that he has entered a world ruled by monetary worries and dreams and that, offhand, he is not Polina’s perferct suitor.To him it seems that not only his social position, but also his self-imposed ban from the casino, stand in his way.
Festivals
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10th Shanghai International Film Festival ("international competition")
*German film weekNanjing
*31stCairo International Film Festival ("festival of festivals")
*10thMumbai International Film Festival ("international competition")
*10th Int.Short and Ind. Film Festi.Dhaka ("international Panorama")
*XXVIUruguay International Film Festival ("international competition")
*6th Non-Buget International Film Festival (6to. Festival Internacional Del Cine Pobre) (Gibana,Cuba ) ("international competition")
*Miskolc Cinefest International Film Festival ("international competition").
*Valdivia International Film Festival ("international competition").References
10th Shanghai International Film Festival External links
* [http://www.tenletters.eu/2.html Official Webpage]
* [http://www.goethe.de/ins/cn/sha/acv/flm/2007/de2373201v.htm German consulship Shanghai]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1112830/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en/2007-06/18/content_99988.htm Info chinaculture.org]
* [http://www.cairofilmfest.org/sections/Gamblers.aspx cairofilmfest.org]
* [http://www.cubacine.cu/cinepobre/catalogo2008/filmes1.php?Vparticip=01&Vcateg=01 cubacine]
* [http://mwave.irq.hu/index.php?nyelv=eng&modul=filmek&kod=1584 mediawave]
* [http://en.news2u.net/release.php?id=00004096 news2u.net (German film week Nanjing)]
* [http://www.cinefest.hu/en/p_nagyjatekfilm.php Miskolc Cinefest International Film Festival]
* [http://www.ficv.cl/f15/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=82 Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia]
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