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Little lieutenant

Henry Hills | Sally Silvers | USA | 1993 | 6' |

| IFFR 1994

+—A look back at the late Weimar era with its struggles and celebrations leading up to a world war. Scored to John Zorn’s arrangement of the Kurt Weill song ‘Little Lieutenant of the Loving God’ and drawing its imagery both from the original song and its rearrangement, the film presents an internal reading of Silvers’ solo scored to the same musical piece, largely shot in a small studio employing rear screen projecti¡on.

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Film details

Country of production: USA
Year: 1993
Festival edition: IFFR 1994
Length: 6'
Medium/Format: 16mm
Language: English, Japanese
Premiere status: International premiere
Director: Henry Hills, Sally Silvers
Producer: Henry Hills
Sales / World rights holder: Henry Hills
Screenplay: Henry Hills
Cinematography: Henry Hills
Editing: Henry Hills

Little lieutenant

Also in this combined programme

The curve of a smile

Robert Manholecoverman

Gone

The strange case of Balthazar Hyppolite

Sour death balls

One single life

Film details