Thomas, Thomas

Thomas, Thomas
Thomas, Thomas
Directed by	Corinna Liedtke
Written by	Corinna Liedtke, Peter Schüttemeyer
Produced by	Melanie Andernach
Starring	Stefan Lampadius
Cinematography	Peter Schüttemeyer
Edited by	Monika Pirch
Music by	Roland Meyer de Voltaire, Christoph Schneider
Release dates	November 11, 2010 (Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival);
Running time	14 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Thomas, Thomas is a 2010 German short mockumentary film, directed by German film director Corinna Liedtke. The film participated in several German and European film festivals and won a few prizes.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

Wolfgang Weber is a bit unworldly archivist of the city of Castrop-Rauxel. He makes an astonishing discovery while receiving treatment at Thomas Vallomtharayil's Ayurvedic clinic. 150 years earlier, another Thomas was at work where the clinic stands today: the Irish mining pioneer and Ruhr legend Thomas Mulvany. This film accompanies the archivist in a documentary style through his research into the astounding parallels between the lives of the two Thomas’, which leads Wolfgang Weber to a striking conclusion: Thomas Vallomtharayil is the reincarnation of Thomas Mulvany.

Awards[]

2010: Special mention at the 27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival in Kassel, Germany
2011: Team Award at the German film festival 24th Stuttgarter Filmwinter

Background[]

At first Thomas, Thomas was only an episode of the German TV movie Zeche is nich – Sieben Blicke auf das Ruhrgebiet 2010, which was produced in the context of Ruhr.2010. The film tells the fictional and non-fictional stories of young filmmakers of their home, the Ruhr Area. Later Thomas, Thomas and other episodes of this TV movie were released as self-contained films.

Miscellaneous[]

In Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall (Wolfgang Weber - A new case) the archivist examines the market place of Castrop-Rauxel, where curiously a lot of accidents happen.^[3]^[4]
The teaser Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel (Wolfgang Weber - New Cases from Castrop-Rauxel) shows new cases of Wolfgang Weber.^[5]^[6]

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[1] Thomas, Thomas at the 22nd Ankara International Film Festival

[2] Program of the film festival Ambulart 2010 | Muestra de arte audiovisual

[3] Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall on Vimeo (German)

[4] IMDb-entry of Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall

[5] Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel on Vimeo (German)

[6] IMDb-entry of Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel

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