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The Day of the Sparrow

Exclusive to the realeyz.tv ARSENAL Channel: Director Philip Scheffner draws an analogy between the death of a sparrow and the death of German soldier in Afghanistan. An exciting mix of nature and political themes in documentary film essay form.

A passionate birdwatcher in his spare time, director Philip Scheffner creates an audacious homage to a sparrow whose death brought international fame. Scheffner  sets out on a fantastic search for clues with the meticulousness of a detective.
His search takes him from the murder of the sparrow by a Dutch media concern to a nearly forgotten holiday resort on the Baltic Sea, and finally to the gates of off-limits military installations in both eastern and western Germany. Led by an obsessively precise camera and an almost overly attentive soundtrack, this cinematic investigation eventually turns into a contemporary political thriller. Was it only coincidence that the sparrow’s heroic death took place on the same day that the 18th German soldier died in Afghanistan?

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Title: The Day of the Sparrow
Original Title: Der Tag des Spatzen
Language versions: German original version, English version
Country: Germany
Year: 2010
Length: 100 min
Color: Color
Director: Philip Scheffner
Screenplay: Merle Körger, Philip Scheffner
Cinematography: Bernd Meiners
Editing: Philip Scheffner
Sound: Pascal Capitolin, Volker Zeigermann
Sound Mix: Pierre Brand
Featuring: CW Kees Moeliker, Arie den Hertog, Harry de Groot, Sigrid Scheffner, Dieter Scheffner, Jörg Heydemann, Mr. Schmidt, Lutz Wagner, Hermann Kesseler, Michael Trossen, Family van Dun, Dieter Sprunk, Dieter Stadler, Andreas Scherer, Matthias Bogutzki, Axel H., Lee Robin H.
Production: pong, Blinker Filmproduktion, Worklights Media Production, ZDF/arte, Merle Kröger, Marcie Jost, Meike Martens, Peter Zorn
Festivals: 2011: FICUNAM Festival International de Cine (MX); Ljubljana Doc Film Festival (SI); MARFICI (AR); FID Marseille (F); Duisburger Filmwoche (D); World Film Festival Bangkok (TH); Clair-Obscur Filmfestival Basel (CH)

Awards: 2011: Klaus Wildenhahn Preis, Hamburger Dokumentarfilmwoche (D)

Age Recommendation: 0

Supported by: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, NRW Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, FFA, Werkleitz

Miscellaneous: Narrated by: Kai Hoffmann

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