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Music Only If It's Loud (Musik nur wenn sie laut ist)

Else Klopsch has very recently moved into a retirement home, bundled off by her son. She feels shunted and very lonely and for the first time thinks of dying. She doesn't want to meet the other 'inmates' but only wants to be left in peace. What's worse, she can't even indulge in her great passion: listening to music. Because even with her hearing aid, Else Klopsch is pretty hard of hearing, and to appreciate her beloved music in all its glory, it has to be played very loud. And that's impossible in her new surroundings. Everything seems hopeless, until Lucie Bremer, her neighbor, appears on the scene...

Marie Reich was born in Munich in 1979 and studied at the Munich University of Television and Film. Her films include: Paul (short, 2000), Das K-Projekt 12/14 - eine moderne Oper entsteht (documentary, 2002), Music Only If It's Loud (Musik nur wenn sie laut ist, 2005), and Summertime Blues (2009).
 

Genre Drama
Category Short
Year of Production 2005
Director Marie Reich
Screenplay Marie Reich
Director of Photography Stephan Vorbrugg
Editor Marie Reich
Production Design Sabine Lauscher
Producers Martin Blankemeyer, Tobias A. Seiffert
Production Company Muenchner Filmwerkstatt/Munich, in co-production with Solaris Film/Munich, Hochschule fuer Fernsehen und Film Muenchen (HFF/M)/Munich
Principal Cast Renate Grosser, Luise Deschauer, Tom Lass, Peter Bamler
Length 15 min, 416 m
Format Super 16
Blow-up 35 mm, Color, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Hof 2005
Awards Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Short Film Award 2006
German Distributor Constantin Film Verleih/Munich

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