"Magdalena Hausen - The Frozen Time" Cinematography Yorgos Frentzos GSC

Frentzos September 13, 2023

Magdalena Hausen was a German artist, renowned for achieving the impossible task of photographing the wind. Fifteen years after her mysterious disappearance, more riddles remain than answers.

“Magdalena Hausen – The Frozen Time” trailer is an experimental film project that combines the content level of the political situation in Europe with an aesthetic level of artistic reflection via the medium of photography. In a fictional story, the life of the politically active German photographer Magdalena Hausen is told at different time intervals. Using her photo archive, the photographer asks herself questions about the nature of time and the forms of memory. The life task of photographing the “wind”, which she took on from her father, who disappeared at an early age, leads her to the realization that a different basis for a European identity is needed, one that is based on the long struggle for social justice.

Director Yiannis Karpouzis

DoP Yorgos Frentzos / GSC

Cast

Magdalena (narrative voice) Hanna Schygulla

Lina Helfrich Magdalena (young)

Sandra Sieber Magdalena (between 40-50)

Andreas Pietschmann Andreas Werder

David Brückner Alexander

Ines Schiller Hannah

Jonas Riemer Martin

Focus Puller Kaliopi Perdika

Assistant camera Jakob Reuter