Das merkwürdige Kätzchen
The Strange Little Cat
Siblings Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and their little sister Clara. That evening, other relatives will be joining them for dinner. Over the course of the day, the washing machine is repaired, people sit together at the kitchen table, carry out an experiment with orange peel, talk about lungs, and sew on a button that was deliberately torn off.
This sequence of family scenes in a Berlin flat complete with cat and dog creates a wondrous world of the everyday: Coming and going, all manner of doings, each movement leading to the next, one word following another. It is a carefully staged chain reaction of actions and sentences. And in between, silent gazes and anecdotes about experiences. The people act oddly even-temperedly; their dialogues are direct and unemotional. Even the pets and the material surroundings play a part. Some objects seem alive as if by magic.
Commonplace actions and familiar items appear absurd and eerie in this narrative cosmos. Putting the absurdities of daily life on display and translating unspectacular events into an exciting choreography of everyday life, this film is no small feat.
Source: 63. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Mutter
- Karin
- Clara
- Simon
- Vater
- Schwager
- Jonas
- Tante
- Hanna
- Großmutter
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Translation
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Colour grading
Visual effects
Lighting design
Key grip
Production design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Cast
- Mutter
- Karin
- Clara
- Simon
- Vater
- Schwager
- Jonas
- Tante
- Hanna
- Großmutter
- Nachbarsjunge
- Frau auf Balkon
Production company
Producer
Line producer
Location manager
Production assistant
Original distributor
Shoot
- 23.09.2011 - 15.11.2011: Berlin
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.11.2012, 141780, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2013, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 02.01.2014
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Das merkwürdige Kätzchen
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.11.2012, 141780, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2013, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 02.01.2014