Another German Tank Story
Thursday 23. 1. 2025.
13:00 – The Stanley Kubrick Theatre
In the sleepy East German village of Wiesenwalde, the only local attraction is the birthplace of a classical composer. So when an American film crew arrives to shoot a World War II series, the villagers are determined to take advantage of the opportunity to chase their personal dreams—until a sudden power outage and a missing tank risk ruining all their plans.
Director: Jannis Alexander Kiefer
Screenplay: Jannis Alexander Kiefer, Theresa Weiniger
Director of Photography: Adam Graf
Film Editing: Kathrin Unger
Producers: Christoph Degenhart, Philipp Kreuzer, Lotte Ruf, Frithjof Stückemann
Cast: Meike Droste, Johannes Scheidweiler, Monika Lennartz, Alexander Schuster, Roland Bonjour, Gisa Flake
Duration: 96’
Germany, 2024
About Director
Jannis Alexander Kiefer
Jannis Alexander Kiefer was raised in a village on his family’s farm and, after various internships, studied Audiovisual Media in Berlin and Directing at the Film University Babelsberg. His films premiered at prestigious Festivals like Warsaw IFF, Clermont-Ferrand, Moscow IFF and Palm Springs IFF among others. For German Quality/Colleagues (2020) he won the Silver Egg at Kustendorf IFF. His first feature film is 2024’s Another German Tank Story. Like his previous works, this film delves into the intricate and precarious microcosms of small communities. Kiefer lives and works in Berlin and Freiburg.