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Waller’s last Trip

GER 1988, 100 min

Between gentle poetry and exciting narration the award-winning feature debut by Christian Wagner.

Synopsis

Waller, an old track inspector, will be forced out of work, because his railway line will be shut down. One last time Waller breaks on a patrol. In flashbacks he reflects his past while walking for his final inspection.

 

Credits

Director and Screenplay
Christian Wagner (adapted from “Die Strecke” by Gerhard Köpf)
With
Rolf Illig, Herbert Kaup, Sibylle Canonica, Crescentia Dünßer
Director of Photography
Thomas Mauch
Editor
Norbert Herzner
Music
Florian E. Müller
Production Design
Myriande Heller
Make-up Artist
Gabriela Pringel
Costume
Sabine Atzberger
Sound
Benedikt Röskau
Sound Mix 
Manfred Arbter
Producer
Christian Wagner
Produced by
Christian Wagner Filmproduktion, BR
German Premiere
Oktober 1988, Hof, Internationale Filmtage
German Theatrical Release
13.04.1989

DVD-Details

Extras
Short film ZUG by Thomas Mauch and Christian Wagner, interview with Christian Wagner, making-of, audio commentary by the filmmakers, complete film music, biographies of the actors and filmmakers, comments for the visually and hearing disabled (German subtitles), DVD-ROM part with web links, the script, photos, interactive picture journey with railway information, teaching materials
Language
German
Subtitles
German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Swedish, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese
Regionalcode
Code-free
System
PAL / Color / b/w
Length
100 min + 45 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
16:9 (digital remastered)
Sound Format
Digital stereo
Content
Softbox (Set Content: 1)
Release
26.9.2014
Rating
From 6 Years