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Es war einmal Indianerland

(Once Upon A Time… Indianerland)

"Abrupt scene changes hit like a storm. A lightning. A thunder. What remains at the end is the silence. The silence after the storm. Overwhelming and totally unexpected... Bang." - Spiegel Online on "Indianerland"

Synopsis
A wild genre mix between a boxer film, urban western, road movie and music video, set at end of the summer holidays in a drab neighborhood in the outskirts of Hamburg suburbia. Young boxing talent Mauser is preparing for a pivotal competition when his father kills his step-mother and flees. Trying to find his father, Mauser embarks on a journey through the world of music, psychedelia, violence, love and a biblical thunderstorm. And what is with the Native American? "Once upon a time… Indianerland" is a story that radiates both, heat and poetry.

90min, modern city western, based on the book "Indianerland" by Nils Mohl

Produced by Michael Eckelt
Screenplay by Nils Mohl & Max Reinhold
Soundtrack by Acid Pauli
Cinematography by Florian Mag
Directed by Ilker Çatak

Starring Leonard Scheicher, Emilia Schüle, Clemens Schick, Johanna Polley, Joel Basman & Bjarne Mädel

A coproduction of Riva Film, WDR, HR & arte

Funded by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmförderanstalt (FFA), Bundesministerium für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Kuratorium junger deutscher Film & Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF).

Distributed by Camino Filmverleih

World premiere at Filmfest Hamburg, released nationwide in German cinemas, out now on DVD and VOD