Synopsis

Siegfried Kracauer suffered from a speech impediment, but as a newspaper critic he was feared for his sharp tongue before he and his wife Elisabeth fled from the National Socialists and emigrated to the USA. A historian is now digitising his estate. Friedel and Lili, the avatars and restless souls of Siegfried and Elisabeth, appear in the archive and try to influence the historian in her work. Inconsistencies emerge in the circle of friends, which includes renowned philosophers such as Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno and Ernst Bloch. In the interactive exploration of THE TRUE FILM, we stumble across gaps in the legacy and the suppressed role of women in male self-representation.

A co-production of Mira Film and INVR.SPACE.

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• Credits

  Creative Director & Skript

  Christina Zimmermann

  Technical Director

  Sönke Kirchhof

  Producers

  Susanna Guggenberger, Sönke Kirchhof, Christina Zimmermann

  Line Producer

  Jessica Zippel

  Associate Producers

  Hercli Bundi, Vadim Jendreyko

  Unity Developer

  Timo Heikkilä, Tune Tanaka

  Art Director

  Juan Garcia

  Sounddesign

  Thomas Baumgartner

  Voice Artists

  Caro Bruchmann, Hanns Zischler, Tom Vogt, Kornelia Boje, Ulrike Hübschmann, Asad Schwarz

  Voice Recording

  recorder studios Berlin, Andreas Loof, Christine Helmer

  Character Design

  Sandro Lochau, Alessandro Holler, Oliver Stephan, Yume Tanaka, Shweta Gadkari

  Animation

  Yume Tanaka, Timo Heikkillä, Zacharoula Giarlou, Selin Hondor

  3D-Artists

  Yume Tanaka, Zacharoula Giarlou, Simon de Diesbach

  VFX-Effects

  Timo Heikkilä, Jony Margelist

  Motion Capture Recording

  Immersive Arts Space ZHdK, Valentin Huber, Norbert Kottmann

  Motion Capture Coordinator

  Kristina Jungic

  Motion Capture Performers

  Suramira Vos, Corinne Soland, Jonas Götzinger

  Motion Capture Editing

  INVR.SPACE

  Additional Unity Programming

  Chris Leisi, Oliver Sahli

  Production Assistants

  Stephanie Constantin, Emily Hopf, Eline Kersten, Kateřina Vesela

  Back-Office Mira Film

  Fabienne Spiller

  Pascal Moor

  A coproduction of Mira Film, INVR.SPACE

  Mit finanzieller Unterstützung von

  Zürcher Filmstiftung

  Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst Basel Stadt/Baselland

  Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

  Bundesamt für Kultur

  Succès Passage Antenne

  Migros Kulturprozent

• Technical Details

  Format	VR-Set
  Duration	40 min
  Year	2025
  Original Language	Englisch, Deutsch
  Subtitles
  Country	Schweiz
  ISAN	0000-0005-893E-0000-F-0000-0000-T

• Awards

  DOK.fest München

  DOK.digital – award for new narrative formats

  EUROPEAN XR AWARDS

  Best User Experience