Bluebeard: The woman slayer

Bluebeard

March 19, 2018 · Projects
The begining of Andreas Schlichts short movie Bluebeard feels like a fairy tale. It carries the same name as the eerie tale written down by the Brothers Grimm about a cruel women slayer. Although the original story does after all have its fairy tale happy ending, it becomes apparent that better not every tale become a reality.

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The young female protagonist Nila (Lilith Häßle) is traumatised by  a horryfing gothic tale - telling a story about a blue bearded king abducting and detaining women, brutally murdering them in the end - since her childhood. The sole mention of his name is enough to scare the living daylight out of her. She hears it everywhere, as if a choir of thousands of voices is whispering it to her.

The moment her friend Yuna (Kristin Kumria) vanishes after a long night of clubbing, Nila is convinced she fell victim to her eerie neighbour. She kept kept an eye on him for quite a while and noticed the lit up windows until far into the night on a regular basis. There's no doubt about her neighbour (Marius Semmling) being Bluebeard, the women slayer for the gothic tale.

A self-fulfilling prophecy accompanies the proceedings and she decides - like in the fairy tale - to overcome her fears and enter the forbidden chamber...

Will she survive this night and at what price? And what role does the initially helpful driver (Rüdiger Hauffe) play, who seems to carry a dark secret?


Script

Andreas Schlicht

Idea and Director

Andreas Schlicht

Assistent Director

Christopher Wohlert

Camera

Toni Müller

Sound

Michael Hedderich

Continuity

Anika Schilling, Olga Morskov

Lighting

Simone Nowicki

Casting

Andreas Schlicht

Film Editor

Philipp Neuweiler, Andreas Schlicht

VFX

Philipp Neuweiler

Make-up

Samira Merolla

Cast

Starring

Nila: Lilith Häßle

Bluebeard: Marius Semmling

Driver: Rüdiger Hauffe

Ruby: Eva-Maria Felka

Yuna: Kristin Kumria

Bianca: Noemi Darda

 

Additional cast:

Stranger (female): Lisa Passow

Stranger (male): Andreas Schlicht

Choir: 

Robin Bierbrauer, Aaron Dorner, Anna Felka, Kai Kistenmacher, Miriam Kremser, Annabelle Krukow, Markus Pahlke-Köble, Claudia Preißer, Christian M. Roth, Thorsten Schlicht, Mareen Seidel, Stephan Senger, Fabian Simon, Gabriel Sinke, David Stegmeier, Christina Wagner, André Windolf, Christopher Wohlert

Press

Cannes Short Film Corner: Shortfilm Corner


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