Und die Kinder spielen so gern Soldaten
And the children love to play soldiers. This 10-minute anti-war film lost to posterity was a very loose adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story In the Penal Colony. Vesely presents the execution of a prisoner of war as a serial event that happens over and over again, ad nauseum. As of this project, Tichat worked as set designer and occasional co-author for Vesely, here also appearing in front of the camera as an actor together with H.C. Artmann. Gerhard Ruhm contributed his Musique concrete to the soundtrack.
Release Date
June 1, 1951Runtime
10 minDirected by
Herbert VeselyLanguage
GermanBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released