Revision

Synopsis

In 1992 a farmer discovers two bodies in a corn field in the North East of Germany. Policeenquiries lead to the fact that the dead men are Romanian citizens. During the attempt to cross the EUborder, they have been shot by hunters. The hunters claim that they had mistaken the people for wild boar.Four years later, the trial begins. It will never be proved, which of the hunters has fired the fatal bullet. Theverdict: not guilty. German Press Agency dpa reports: “From Romania, no one has arrived for the renditionof judgment.”The police files contain the names and address of GrigoreVelcu and EudacheCalderar. However, theirfamilies never even got to know, that a trial had been held.With REVISION, a legally terminated crime case becomes the subject of a cinematic revision. Places,individuals, and memories are being connected, and form a fragile pattern from different versions andperspectives of contemporary European history.

Director Biography

Born on 28 May 1966 in Homburg an der Saar. He has lived in Berlin since 1986, where he works as a documentary filmmaker and video and sound artist.