The happiest day

GDR, May 1, 1986. The International Workers Day. The six year old Monika has been waiting for this day for a long time. Today she gets to enjoy the cotton candy that was promised to her for some time. But, as always, her father is drunk and her mother, exhausted from all the years of disappointment, tries to prevent the family from falling apart. An unforeseen misfortune will change Monika‘s life forever. Paradoxically, this day will turn into the happiest of her life.

Credits

Cast:

Carlotta von Falkenhayn – Monika

Anja Knauer – Mutter

Patrick Kalupa – Vater

Peter Posniak – Soldat Mischa

Maximilian Jaenisch – Soldat Jurij

Márton Nagy – Herrmann

Thomas Drechsel – Günther

Peter Thomsen – Schmidtke

Script:

Renata Nasseri

Camera:

Nikos Welter

Producer:

Tim Oliver Schultz

Editing:

Kathrin Hembus

Sound:

Magnus Pflüger

Film info

Direction:

Renata Nasseri

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio: