original title:
Tales of the march
directed by:
cast:
Tim Stephenson, Christian Fortmann, Philipp Rieper, Geza Steinert, Dana Marbach, Ammiel Bushakevitz, Jens Weber, André Mann, Dana Marbach, Ammiel Bushakevitz
screenplay:
editing:
Stefano Casertano, Tim Deussen
music:
Nirto Karsten Fischer
visual effects:
Bruno Deussen
producer:
Tim Deussen
production:
Daring House, Biennale College Cinema, Studio Deussen
country:
Germany/Italy
year:
2023
film run:
12'
format:
VR - colour
status:
Ready (25/07/2023)
festivals & awards:
Synopsis In the winter between 1944 and 1945, the SS forced some 700,000 prisoners to leave the concentration camps and walk towards Germany. This historical tragedy has been the last act of the Holocaust and it is known as the “Death Marches”.
VR experience Tales of the March invites the viewer to become a witness of a march, portrayed as a fiction story based on the accounts of some survivors. Our protagonist, Eithan, is seen walking in a column, as he survives the abuses of the soldiers, until he is finally freed in a forest. But is this a true liberation? Possibly, the shadows of the camps will stay in Eithan’s soul for all his life.
Tales of the March is not only a homage to the victims and survivors of the marches, but also a virtual source of documentation, presenting documents, videos and photos presented on a virtual exhibition than can be visited after the narrative part.