Wie ist die Welt so Stille
The World in Stillness Clouded
Susann Maria Hempel
»The world in stillness clouded,
And in the twilight shroud.
So familiar and so fair!
Like a chamber of silence,
Where you should
sleep and forget the day’s troubles.«
Matthias Claudius, ›Evensong‹, 1779
Surreal images of reminiscence in a morbid setting. The scene of the action: the empty and dilapidated Imperial Post and Telegraph Office in Greiz, a once magnificent late- 19th century-style building. Susann Maria Hempel arranges her characters in a vanishing world with black humour and great precision.
Susann Maria Hempel
Susann Maria Hempel, born in Greiz (GDR) in 1983, studied media design at the Bauhaus University Weimar. She has received numerous scholarships, stipends and awards for her experimental films, including the German Short Film Award (Experimental Film category) and the Grand Prix Labo at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Since 2017, she has been working on radio projects alongside her film work. In 2019, she won the Radio Play of the Year award and the Radio Play Prize for War Blinded Veterans.
Films by Susann Maria Hempel
Die Hüter des Unrats. Eine kurze Geschichte des Abfalls 2022 | Sieben Mal am Tag beklagen wir unser Los und nachts stehen wir auf, um nicht zu träumen 2014 | Der Grosse Gammel 2013 | Wie ist die Welt so stille 2012 | Die Fliegen (The Birds II) 2011 | Der Mann, der nicht weinen wollte 2009 | Der weinende Dritte 2008 | película 2007
