Die Verlorenen revives a German film from the 1930s that could have been, but never was. The film tells the story of a young British writer, Christopher, who comes to Berlin and moves into an eccentric cabaret.
Version shown at
Camerimage film festival 2015
Nominee Jury Award
Best Directorial Debut Reynold Reynolds
Best Cinematography Debut Imogen Heath
Credits
Production
Saskia Reynolds
Production design
Ana J. Bellido
Cinematography
Imogen Heath
Music
Gerard Bouwhuis- Piano
Heleen Hulst- Violin
Main roles by
Tomas Sinclair Spencer, Florian Rummel, Francesca Romana Ciardi, Sarah Grether, Stephanie Krogmann, Benjamin Radjaipour, Michael Fritz Schumacher, Christian Harting, Espin Bowder, Anna Maria Sommer
Assistant Director- Moritz Uebele
Assistant Art Director- Andres Cota Hiriart
Art Department/Sound- Maria Fernandez Rua-Figueroa
Camera Department- George Steffens
Assistant Cinematography- Silvia Maggi
Art Department- Era Vati, Cristina Sitja
Second Unit Cinematography- Carlos Vasquez
Choreography/Casting- Regina Sobel
Dramatist/Casting- Emily Kuhnke
Starring
Christopher- Tomas Sinclair Spencer
Heinrich- Florian Rummel
Francesca- Francesca Romana Ciardi
Lilly- Sarah Grether
Maria- Stephanie Krogmann
Benjamin- Benny Radjaipour
Ernst- Espin Bowder
Police officer Hans- Christian Harting
Scientist- Michael Fritz Schumacher
Venus- Anna-Maria Sommer
Heinrich’s father- Paul Weismann
WW1 victim- Johannes Groschupf
WW1 veteran- Jean Denis Römer
Mr. Arthur Morris- John Wiseman
Frau Kratzig the cook- Veronika Nowag-Jones
Young Vampire- Sigurður Unnar Birgisson
Opera Singer- Tanja Šimić Queiroz
Opera Singer-Dylan Nichole Bandy
Dancer- Livia Rutishauser
Smoker on train-Florian Krüger
Waitress- Jill T. Böttcher
Waiter- Andreas Müller
Performance Couple- Brina Stinehelfer & Nikolaus Schneider
Border Patrol train arrival- Michael Kwidzinski
Ticket seller- Jana Lobreyer
Border Control at departure- Florian Elschker
Train Conductor at departure- Chris Daigl
Couple kicked off train- Eva Breitfuss & Marc Langkammerer
Mime- Eneko Sanz
Horse carriage driver- Mr. Lehneis
Butcher- Frank Riemer
Police Officer- Ulrich Gall
Trapeze artist- Sanela Hasanovic
Barfly- Oliver Vogt
Bathtub girl- Megan Goddard
Bathroom smoker- Ana J. Bellido
Drunk- Cem Özcakir
Painter- Isabel Meier Koll
Cabaret Dancer- Ghala Robitzsch
Screaming girl in castle- Viola van Beek
This project was shot in public art spaces in front of an audience
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Labor Berlin
Valerie Smith, Sigrun Angermann, Gernot Ernst
Made in Germany Zwei
Kestnergesellschaft- Kathrin Meyer
Sprengel Museum- Carina Plath
Akademie Schloss Solitude
Jean-Baptiste Joly, Angela Butterstein, Kostantin Lom, Julia Warmers, Silke Pflueger, Marieanne Roth, Viola van Beek
Dejavu and Nosadella.due Bologna
Lelio Aiello and Elisa del Prete
DB Museum Nürnberg and Koblenz
Russalka Nikolov, Wolfgang Ihrlich, Stefan Ebenfeld, Barbara Geiler
thanks to Volker Koch
Month of Performance Art- Berlin
Francesca Romana Ciardi
Galerie West- The Hague, The Netherlands
Galerie Zink- Berlin, Germany
Christopher Grimes Gallery- Santa Monica, USA
The Lost is a project in conjunction with the innovative research project ¡REMEDIATE!, a cooperation between Akademie Schloss Solitude and Merz Akademie – Hochschule für Gestaltung, Kunst und Medien; supported by MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg and the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation (LFK), Stuttgart- Germany.
