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THE ROOM
70
Sophie and Christoph are looking after a house with a locked room – where
everything (…or nothing) can be concealed from others. They project their
hidden thoughts and memories into this locked room. ”All houses have a
forbidden room“ says Christoph, Sophie’s answer, ”just like our souls.“
Between dream and reality, they develop a labyrinth of emotions. The heart
of the story is not the mysterious incidents in the house, but rather the hidden
feelings of the occupants.
Genre Psycho-Thriller Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2000 Director Roland Reber
Screenplay Roland Reber Directors of Photography
Roland Reber, Mira Gittner Editor Mira Gittner
Music by Wolfgang Edelmayer Producer Petra
Knieper, Ute Meisenheimer Production Company
wtp-film, Geiselgasteig Principal Cast Mira Gittner,
Marcus Grüsser Casting wtp-film Special Effects
Mira Gittner Length 70 min, 1915 m Format Digi
Beta Blow Up 35 mm, color Original Version
German Subtitled Version English Sound
Technology Stereo Mix International Festival
Screenings International Festival de Cine Mexico 2000,
International Film Festival Sitges, Spain 2000, Millenium
Film Festival of Fine Arts, Hungary 2000, Angel Citi
International Film Festival Hollywood/Chicago 2001,
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo 2001,
International Film Festival of Kerala, India 2001, Director’s
View, Stamford/New York 2001, Melbourne Underground
Film Festival 2001 International Awards
President’s Award Ajijic, Mexico 2000, Emerging Filmmaker
Award, Hollywood 2001
World Sales: please contact
wtp-film GmbH · Bayerisches Filmzentrum
Roland Reber
Bavariafilmplatz 7 · D-82031 Geiselgasteig
phone +49-89-64 98 11 12 · fax +49-89-64 98 13 12
www.wtpfilm.de · email: wtpfilm@wtpfilm.de
Roland Reber has worked as a director and actor
in theaters in Bochum, Zurich, Essen, Düsseldorf and
for the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen after finishing
his Acting studies in Bochum in the 70s. He has written
more than twenty theater plays and scripts as
well as text and lyrics. In 1989, he founded the Welt
Theater Projekt (within the framework of the World
Decade for Cultural Development of the United
Nations and UNESCO) and worked as director,
writer and head of WTP in India, Moscow, Cairo,
Mexico City and in the Caribbean. He has also been
cultural advisor to different countries and institutes
and received the Cultural Prize of Switzerland and the
Caribbean award Season of Excellence as a director
and writer. In 2000, wtp film and Reber were named
Producer of the Year by the Bavarian Film Center for
the direction of The Room. His other films include:
Ihr habt meine Seele gebogen wie einen
schönen Tänzer (1977), Die kleine Heimat
(TV, 1978), Manuel (short, 1998), Der Fernsehauftritt
(short, 1998), Der Koffer (short,
1999), and Compulsion (Zwang, short, 2000).
Mira Gittner, Marcus Grüsser (photo © 2000 wtp-film GmbH)