Schattenstunde
The Shadow Hour
Filmmaker Benjamin Martins spent two years studying the life of the Christian writer Jochen Klepper. Using Klepper's extensive diary entries, Martins prepared a film that casts light on a dark chapter in German history. Beginning with the last encounter between Klepper and SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann, the film focuses on Klepper's last hours spent together with his Jewish wife Johanna and stepdaughter Renate. On December 10th 1942, Eichmann rejected their applications to emigrate. The same night, the Kleppers took their own lives. The family's last conversations are sensitively interwoven with Klepper's various diary entries. Many of the dialogues are based in part on Klepper's writings and still remain relevant today.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Jochen Klepper
- Johanna Klepper
- Renate Stein
- Der Schatten
- Hans Karbe
- Adolf Eichmann
- Frau Lämmle
- Herr Lämmle
- Kind Lämmle
- Sekretärin
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
based on
Director of photography
Visual effects
Lighting design
Set design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Audio mixing
Music
Cast
- Jochen Klepper
- Johanna Klepper
- Renate Stein
- Der Schatten
- Hans Karbe
- Adolf Eichmann
- Frau Lämmle
- Herr Lämmle
- Kind Lämmle
- Sekretärin
- Gestapo-Mann 1
- Gestapo-Mann 2
Production company
Original distributor
Shoot
- 05.08.2019 - 15.08.2019: Speyer
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.11.2021, 210070, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 07.07.2021, München, Filmfest - Neues Deutsches Kino, City-Atelier Kinos;
Kinostart (DE): 27.01.2022
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Schattenstunde
- Weiterer Titel (EN) The Shadow Hour
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.11.2021, 210070, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 07.07.2021, München, Filmfest - Neues Deutsches Kino, City-Atelier Kinos;
Kinostart (DE): 27.01.2022
Awards
- FIRST STEPS Award, Abendfüllender Spielfilm