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Hochbetrieb
Directed byAndreas Krein
Produced byOliver Fink
CinematographyFelix Cramer
Edited byAnja Rosin
Music byStefan Ziethen
Distributed byFilmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryGermany

Hochbetrieb (Nuts & Bolts in English) is a silent slapstick short film. It received a Menzione Speciale (Special Mention) in the short film competition of the 60th Venice Film Festival[1] - "For having paid a tribute to Harold Lloyd, who shall not be forgotten, by means of modern technology".

Set on top of a high-rise construction site in the 1930s, the film depicts the antics of a foreman and his apprentice while hunting for a frog and stolen food.

The film was one of the first to be shot entirely in front of bluescreen[2]. After its release, Hochbetrieb was invited to film festivals worldwide. It won the German Federal Film Board's short film award, Short Tiger[3], and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Shortfilm Award. 2004 it received theatrical release as part of a feature-length short film compilation[4], and in 2008 it was part of a special screening with a focus on silent cinema[5] at the Museum of Modern Art.

References

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  1. ^ "Hochbetrieb". La Biennale di Venezia (in Italian). 2003. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  2. ^ Barbara Flückiger: Visual Effects. Schüren, Marburg 2008, ISBN 3-894-72518-4
  3. ^ "Hochbetrieb wins FFA Short Tiger award". Screen Daily. 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ^ "Kurz - Der Film". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  5. ^ "Silent Cinema" (PDF). German Films Quarterly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
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Category:German comedy short films Category:2003 short films Category:2000s German films