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RED GLOVES (Mănuşi roşii) a Radu Gabrea film

Genre: feature film Running time: 117 min. Production company: TOTAL TV, Romania, 2010

RED GLOVES a Radu Gabrea film Based on the novel “Red Gloves” by Eginald Schlattner

Director: Radu Gabrea; Screenplay: Radu Gabrea, Gabriel Sîrbu, Wolfgang J. Ruf, Bogdan Huşanu, after the novel „The Red Gloves” by Eginald Schlattner; Producers: Radu Gabrea, Victoria Cociaş; DOP: Ion Marinescu; Music: Thomas Osterhoff; Editor: Melania Oproiu; Set designer: Florin Gabrea; Costumes: Svetlana Mihăilescu; Starring: Alexandru Mihăescu, Udo Schenk, Andi Vasluianu, Mircea Rusu, Victoria Cociaş, Ioana Iacob Production country: Romania, 2010; Original language: Romanian, German (English Subtitle) Original format: 35mm; Support for screening: 35 mm, DigiBeta, DVD; Genre: feature film; Running time: 117 min. Synopsis In 1957, one year after the bloody suppression by Soviet tanks of the Hungarian Revolution of November 1956, the communist regime in Romania, fearing similar events, began a large-scale programme of arrests and trials designed to quash any attempt to imitate the events from neighbouring Hungary at home. In Transylvania, where news of the events in their neighbouring country had spread to the leaders of the Romanian, Hungarian, and German populations, and where the political situation risked sliding out of control, the «Securitate» unleashed a particularly extensive campaign of arrests. One of the victims of this campaign is Felix Goldschmidt, a young man of Saxon origin and a student at Cluj University, where he is also head of a literary group. While initially believing he is the victim of a mistake, Felix gradually becomes part of the infernal machine of Stalinist interrogation techniques in which individual guilt is of no importance and everything is subject to a system of victimisation, blame-casting and de-personalisation – which, despite his initial resistance, transforms Felix into a tame instrument of the forces of repression. The psychological pressure, torture, repeated humiliation and intimidation turn Felix into a witness for the prosecution in the cases brought against some of his writer friends, and in the end he betrays his own brother. Gradually, FELIX becomes mentally unstable, is torn between desperation and euphoria,

and slides into a world of deceptive illusions. It is therefore no longer clear – neither to him nor the viewer – whether his cell mate, the worker-party activist, the judge condemned to death or the Catholic priest with whom he discusses the communist future of mankind are, like him, also victims of the terror or merely actors in a monstrous charade. Even the sophisticated interrogator, with whom Felix discusses “catharsis” and philosophy, ends up in the hands of the Securitate interrogators, his former partners in terror. Gradually becoming mentally unstable, torn between desperation and euphoria, Felix is himself betrayed and then used as an instrument of the system of repression. He writes report after report, uncovering imaginary plots, all of which leaves him a wreck. After receiving a token sentence for his two years spent in Securitate custody, being released and returning home to his family, FELIX discovers that his brother, whom he had thought saved, has been sentenced to 10 years on the basis of his statements. On the verge of madness, FELIX is once more arrested by Securitate agents, who promise to cure him... The novel «Red Gloves» uses powerful imagery to describe the mechanisms of terror employed in the Stalinist trials held during communist Romania, especially in Transylvania, a little known or even entirely unknown part of Eastern Europe. The film of the same name by Radu Gabrea is an adaptation of the novel by the German-language Romanian author Eginald Schlattner. “It is through novels like this that we, those born at a later time, come to know Europe”, wrote the newspaper The Frankfurter Rundschau in its review of Eginald Schlattner’s novel. The same is true of the film of the same name. Screening history: 2010: Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania); Independent Producers Film Festival – IPIFF (Romania); "White Night" of Romanian Films – Bucharest ( Romania); Sao Paolo International Film Festival / 34 Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo – (Brazil); The Northen Film Festival – Leeuwarden, (Nedherlands); Saturno Interantional Film Festival Roma, (Italy) – Award for THE BEST ACTOR for Alexandu Mihaescu, in the main role of Felix Goldschmidt.

Production company: TOTAL TV (in coproduction with Zenith Media) Address: Calea Victoriei 155, Bl. D1, Sc.2, Et. 6, Ap. 58, 010073, Bucharest, Romania Tel: + 4 021 250 70 05; fax: + 4 021 250 70 06; e-mail: [email protected]

RED GLOVES CAST & CREDITS Felix Goldschmidt Vlad Ursescu Major Blau Dr. Ghiosdan Lt. Col. Alexandrescu Colonel Crăciun Captain Gavriloiu Anemarie Schönemund Hugo Hügel Enzio Puter Dr.Şeitan Felix’s mother Elke Felix’s father Kurtfelix Bad guard Good guard Court President Catholic Priest Vasvari Platoon leader Securitate secretary First civilian Securitate Second civilian Securitate Third civilian Securitate Fourth civilian Securitate College Doorkeeper German translator Prison doctor Nurse College secretary Second lieutenant number 2 Third guard

ALEXANDRU MIHĂESCU ANDI VASLUIANU UDO SCHENK MARCEL IUREŞ MIRCEA RUSU DAN AŞTILEAN ION GROSU IOANA IACOB PETER NITZSCHE DAVID ZIMMERSCHIED MIHAI SANDU GRUIA VICTORIA COCIAŞ ALEXANDRA PIRICI HELMUT JAKOBI MICHAEL STEINOCHER VITALII BANTAŞ SORIN COCIŞ VLAD RĂDESCU ANDRAS ISTVAN DEMETER COSTEL CAŞCAVAL DANIELA TÖROK RĂZVAN POPA ALEXANDRU JITEA FLORIN KEVORKIAN VASILE POPA PETRE MORARU AXEL MOUSTACHE MARIUS DAMIAN DANA IONIŢĂ TAMARA POPESCU ANDREI ARADITS RĂZVAN HÂNCU

Director

RADU GABREA

Screenplay

RADU GABREA GABRIEL SÎRBU BOGDAN HUŞANU WOLFGANG J. RUF

Dialogues

RADU GABREA GABRIEL SÎRBU

Director of Photography Cameraman Production Designer Costume Designer

ION MARINESCU GEORGE DĂSCĂLESCU FLORIN GABREA SVETLANA MIHĂILESCU

Make-up Artist Chief Editor Original Music Romanian Producers Executive Producer Production Manager Production Location Manager Production Coordinator Radu Gabrea’s Assistant Production Secretary First A.D. Second A.D. / Casting Romania Third A.D. / Casting Germany Script Supervisor Translators Camera Assistant Video Assistant Loader Stills Photographer Director Making of Cameraman Making of Gaffer Electricians

Key Grip/Video Assistant Generator Special Effects / Weapons Set Designer Props Master

VIOLETA MARINESCU MELANIA OPROIU THOMAS OSTERHOFF RADU GABREA VICTORIA COCIAŞ VICTORIA COCIAŞ MARIAN BĂRUŢ NICOLAE GAGIU FLORIN PARASCHIV ROXANA BUŞU CĂTĂLINA PARASCHIV DANIEL BĂRBULESCU FLORINA PETRESCU MAGDALENA SCHUBERT RUXANDRA GHIŢESCU KARIN HELLA DENGHEL MAGDALENA SCHUBERT FLORIN DRĂGHICI VALENTIN BUICULESCU MARIAN FOTA COS AELENEI TEDY NECULA GEORGE MIHĂILESCU MARIAN GRIGORE CRISTIAN RONCEA MIHAI NOVICOV ALEXANDRU DRĂGHICI AUREL LAZĂR ALIN RĂBDAN IONUŢ LUCA GHEORGHE VÂLCAN NICUŞOR PETRE IULIAN BOSTĂNARU BOGDAN BOSTĂNARU

Radu Gabrea Filmography

2010 And They Went Away Like the Wind ... – The Barasheum Theatre Şi s-au dus ca vântul... Teatrul Baraşeum Romania – documentary – 71 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festivals: Festival of Yiddish Culture (IDIS), Bucharest 2010 12th Jewish Film Festival, Jerusalem 2010 2010

The Red Gloves – Mănuşi roşii Romania – feature film based on the novel by Eginald Schlattner – 117 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festivals: TIFF Transylvanian Int. Filmfestival, Cluj/Sibiu, Romania 2010 IPIFF-Festival of Independent Producers, Mamaia, Romania 2010 Saturno International Film Festival, Frosinone/Roma, Italy 2010 Northern Film Festival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 2010 International Film Festival Sao Paulo, Brasil 2010 Levante Internat. Film Festival, Bari/Italy 2011 Award: Saturno Int. Festival: Prize for the best actor to Alexandru Mihaescu

2009

Concerts in the Black Church – Concerte la Biserică Neagră Romania – documentary – 45 min. Director, Writer, Producer

2008 Gruber's Journey – Călătoria lui Gruber Romania/Hungary – feature Film based on topics by Curzio Malaparte – 100 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festivals: TIFF Transylvanian Int. Film Festival Cluj, Romania 2008 Eastern European Film Festival, Montreal, Canada 2008 Klezfiesta Buenos Aires, Argentine 2008 6

European Union Film Festival, Chicago 2009 Levante International Film Festival Bari, Italy 2009 American Jewish Film Festival, a. o. New York/San Francisco 2009/10 Jewish Film Festival, Caracas/Venezuela, 2010 Award: Levante Internat. Film Festival, Bari: Prize for best director 2008 Searching for Schwartz - Rumenye! Rumenye! (part II) Căutându-l pe Schwartz – Rumenye! Rumenye! (partea IIa) Romania – documentary – 65 min. Director, Writer, Producer 2007

The Beheaded Rooster – Cocoşul decapitat Germany/Romania/Austria/Hungary – feature film based on the novel by Eginald Schlattner – 100 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festivals: TIFF International Transylvanian Festival Cluj/Sibiu , Romania, 2007 Saturno International Film Festival, Alatri/Roma, Italy 2007 International Jewish Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel, 2007 CIFF Int. Film Festival Cairo, Egypt 2007 Festival International du Film d'amour, Mons/Belgium 2008 Tiburon International Film Festival, USA 2008 European Union Film Festival, Chicago, USA 2009 Awards: Saturno International Film Festival: "Menzione speciale" to the film Undine Awards Wien 2007: Prize to Franz Stein as best young supporting actor

2006

Rumenye! Rumenye! Romania – documentary – 58 min. Director, Writer, Producer

2006

1000 Faces in Seven Decades – 1000 de fețe în 7 decenii Romania – tv series – 104 min. Director, Writer

2005

Itzik Manger Romania – documentary – 45 min. Director, Writer, Producer

2004 Goldfaden's Legacy – Moștenirea lui Goldfaden Romania – documentary – 58 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festivals: Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 2005 International Film Weekend Wuerzburg Germany/retrospective 2006 The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, 2005 The Romanian Cultural Institute in Berlin, 2007 Klezfiesta, Buenos Aires, Second Worldwide Klezmer Festival in Argentina, 2009

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2001

Noro Romania – feature film – 84 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festival: International Film Weekend Wuerzburg/Germany - retrospective, 2006

2000 Struma Romania – documentary – 2 x 45 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festival: 18th International Film Festival Jerusalem, 2001 Award: 18th Internat. Film Festival Jerusalem: Mention of Honor 1994 Summit Conference – Conferință la nivel înalt Romania – tv movie Director, Writer 1994 Under the Sign of Love – Im Zeichen der Liebe Austria – tv movie Director 1993 A Tragic Love – Rosenemil Germany/France/Switzerland – feature film based on the novel by Georg Hermann – 90 min. Director, Writer, Producer 1989 The Secret of the Ice Cave USA/West Germany/Chile – feature film – 95 min. Director, Producer 1987 Surprise Travel – Ins Blaue West Germany – tv movie based on the novel by Klaus Modick Director 1986 The Strange Object of Love – Ein Unding der Liebe West Germany – tv movie in 2 parts based on the novel by Ludwig Fels – 2 x 132 min. Director, Writer 1985 Nonni West Germany – tv series (ZDF) based on the novels by Jón Stefán Sveinsson – 13 x 52 min. Writer 1984 A man like EVA – Ein Mann wie EVA West Germany – feature film – 87 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festival: International Film Weekend Wuerzburg/Germany, retrospective, 2006 Award: European Film Festival: Prize for best actress to Eva Mattes 8

1982 Fear not, Jacob! – Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob! West Germany – feature film based on a story by Ion Luca Caragiale – 101 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festivals: Telluride Film Festival, Colorado, USA American Jewish Film Festival, USA 1978 Black Landscape – Schwarze Landschaft West Germany – short film – 27 min. Director, Writer, Producer Festival: Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage Informationstage, Oberhausen/Germany 1979 1974 Beyond the Sands – Dincolo de nișipuri Romania – feature film based on the novel by Fanuș Neagu – 104 min. Director Festival: Festival de Cannes/Quinzaine des réalisateurs, 1974 International Film Weekend Wuerzburg/Germany - retrospective, 2006 1971 The Chase – Urmărirea Romania – TV series – 7 x 52 min. Director 1970 Souvenirs of Bucharest – Amintiri bucureștene Romania – documentary Director 1969 Too Little For Such a Big War – Prea mic pentru un război atât de mare Romania – feature film – 77 min. Director Festivals: Festival del film, Locarno/Switzerland, 1970 InternationalFilm WeekMannheim/West Germany, 1970 Festival de Cannes/Quinzaine des réalisateurs, 1971 International Film Weekend Wuerzburg/Germany - retrospective, 2006 Award: Festival del film Locarno

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ALEXANDRU MIHĂESCU

Educations 1999 - 2003 Acting, University of Music and Theatre, Rostock 2002 Camera Acting with Doris Borkmann 2004 - 2006 Master Studies Directing UNATC Bucharest 2009 Phd. Studies at the Center for Excellency in Image Studies (CESI) Bucharest Awards 2010 Best Actor Award, Saturno International Film Festival, Italy 2005 Nomination for Best Young Actor by UNITER 2002 Award for the Ensemble Films 2011 PUZZLE FOR A BLIND MAN Format: Movie, Director: Andrei Zinca, Role: Young Thor, Other: Castel Film/ in production / 2011 2011 DEATH OF THE CEAUSESCUS Format: docu-drama, Director: Radu Gabrea, Role: Defence Attorney, Other: Total TV / in production/ 2011 2010 RED GLOVES Format: Movie, Director: Radu Gabrea, Role: Felix (main character), Other: Total TV 2010 TATORT MÜNSTER: Spargelzeit Format: Series, Director: Manfred Stelzer, Role: Radu Isarescu, Other: Colonia Media, 10

2010 The Last Hour of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu Format: theatre documentary, Director: Marcel Bächtiger/ Milo Rau/ Simone Eisenring/ Jens Dietrich, Role: Defence Attorney, self, Other: nominated for the Prix de Soleure, Solothurn Film Festival 2011 2009 URBAN GROOOOOOVVVEE Format: Filmlet, Director: Ruxi Ghitescu, Role: Travestite 2008 OBLIQUE Format: Experimental Movie, Director: Knut Asdam 2007 PLAY CHESS! Format: Filmlet, Director: Alexandru Mihaescu, Role: self 2006 LA URGENTA Format: TV series, Director: Andrei Zinca, Role: young engineer 2003 SCHACHMATT Format: documentary, Director: Susanne Bormann, Role: radio guy 2002 BOYS LIFE Format: filmlet, Director: Karl-Heinz Lotz, Role: Phil

Theatre 2011 Bad Kids Venue: Monday Theatre @ Green Hours, Director: Alexandru Mihaescu, Author: Mihaela Michailov 2009 - 2010 The Last Hours of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu Venue: on tour Schweiz & Germany december-february, Director: Milo Rau & Simone Eisenring 2009 The Concretes Venue: Monday Theatre @ Green Hours, Bucharest, Director: Alexandru Mihaescu, Author: Vladimir Sorokin, Other: National Theatre Festival Bucharest 2009, undergroundzero New York 2010, Arad underground 2009 2008 Pool. No Water Venue: German Theatre, Timisoara, Director: Alexandru Mihaescu, Author: Mark Ravenhill, Other: National Theatre Festival Bucharest 2009, Arad underground 2009 2006 FEUERGESICHT Venue: Deutsches Theater, Temeswar, Director: Radu Nica, Author: M. von Mayenburg, Role: Kurt 2006 The Cosmonaut´s Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union Venue: German Theatre, Timisoara, Director: Alexandru Mihaescu, Author: David Greig, 2005 KÖNIG CYMBELINE Director: Alexander Hausvater, Author: Shakespeare, Role: Iachimo 11

2003 NATHAN DER WEISE Venue: Neue Bühne, Senftenberg, Director: Frank-Lienert Mondanelli, Author: Lessing, Role: Templar 2002 HERR DER FLIEGEN Venue: Ikaron Theater Berlin & HMT Rostock, Director: Carlos Medina, Author: Golding, Role: Boy 2001 NICHTSGENAUESWEISSMANNICHT Venue: HMT Rostock, Director: Romy Hochbaum, Role: musical 2000 ANTIGONE Venue: Volkstheater Rostock, Director: Roland May, Author: Annouilh, Role: Hämon 1999 NACH HAUSE Venue: Deutsches Theater, Temeswar, Director: Bernd Guhr, Author: Rasumovskaja, Role: Wenka

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