Thomas, Thomas

Thomas, Thomas is a 2010 German short mockumentary film, directed by German film director Corinna Liedtke. The film participated in several German and European film festivals and won a few prizes.[1][2]

Thomas, Thomas
Directed byCorinna Liedtke
Produced byMelanie Andernach
Written byCorinna Liedtke, Peter Schüttemeyer
StarringStefan Lampadius
Music byRoland Meyer de Voltaire, Christoph Schneider
CinematographyPeter Schüttemeyer
Edited byMonika Pirch
Release date
  • November 11, 2010 (2010-11-11) (Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Plot

Wolfgang Weber is a bit unworldly archivist of the city of Castrop-Rauxel. He makes an astonishing discovery while receiving treatment at Thomas Vallomtharayil's Ayurvedic clinic. 150 years earlier, another Thomas was at work where the clinic stands today: the Irish mining pioneer and Ruhr legend Thomas Mulvany. This film accompanies the archivist in a documentary style through his research into the astounding parallels between the lives of the two Thomas’, which leads Wolfgang Weber to a striking conclusion: Thomas Vallomtharayil is the reincarnation of Thomas Mulvany.

Awards
  • 2010: Special mention at the 27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival in Kassel, Germany
  • 2011: Team Award at the German film festival 24th Stuttgarter Filmwinter

Background

At first Thomas, Thomas was only an episode of the German TV movie Zeche is nich – Sieben Blicke auf das Ruhrgebiet 2010, which was produced in the context of Ruhr.2010. The film tells the fictional and non-fictional stories of young filmmakers of their home, the Ruhr Area. Later Thomas, Thomas and other episodes of this TV movie were released as self-contained films.

Miscellaneous
  • In Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall (Wolfgang Weber - A new case) the archivist examines the market place of Castrop-Rauxel, where curiously a lot of accidents happen.[3][4]
  • The teaser Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel (Wolfgang Weber - New Cases from Castrop-Rauxel) shows new cases of Wolfgang Weber.[5][6]
gollark: People can also get it wrong by *accident*, and this is probably more common.
gollark: ?
gollark: What, by not staying constantly up to date on pronoun choice.
gollark: They can bother me if I get it "wrong".
gollark: If people change their mind all the time I'm just ignoring them.

References
  1. Thomas, Thomas at the 22nd Ankara International Film Festival
  2. Program of the film festival Ambulart 2010 | Muestra de arte audiovisual
  3. Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall on Vimeo (German)
  4. IMDb-entry of Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall
  5. Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel on Vimeo (German)
  6. IMDb-entry of Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel


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