Synopsis
DOCUMENTARY A grandson follows the murderous trail left by his grandfather 70 years previously. After the death of his grandfather, Nils Olger is given an iron box by his grandmother. It contains rolls of photographic negatives. "Now you have all our secrets," she tells him. The pictures give an impression of the events that the grandfather must have been involved in as a member of SS. Olger follows the trail of the negatives and visits the original locations in Austria, Hungary, Italy. It is the attempt by a descendant to augment the memories of his grandfather with the elements he never knew and with the help of the negatives to create a bigger picture.
Bio
NILS OLGER (*1976) studied post-conceptual art practices, new media and sociology. He lives and works as a film-maker and artist in Vienna and is active in film, political, journalistic and performance collectives. An Iron Box is his debut full-length film.
Info
Original Title: Eine eiserne Kassette
International Title: An Iron Box
Category: Documentary feature
Section: Veto!
Version & Subtitles: Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, German OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Nils Olger
Cast/Protagonists: Ingeborg Jürgenssen, Olaf Johann Oskar Jürgenssen, Eliseo Federici, Egidia Giuntoni, Friedhelm Frischenschlager, Andrea Quartieri, Celso Battaglia, Carlo Gentile, Roberto Oligeri, Giorgio Mori,
Production country: Austria, Germany
Year of Production: 2018
Length: 102 min
Producer: Nils Olger
Cinematography: Nils Olger, Juri Schaden, Thomas Marschall
Editor: Nils Olger
Music: Vinzenz Schwab
World Sales: Dietmar Schwärzler, Brigitta Burger-Utzer, sixpackfilm
Distributor: Lars Kollros
