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Der siebente Rabe

Jörg Herrmann

DE, 2011, 70 Min

The Sorbian boy Krabat is happy that he has finally found a job in a mill. When it dawns on him what a dangerous pact he has made with the miller, a black magician, his joy quickly evaporates.Based on the original by Jurij Brěžan, Herrmann's realization of Krabat is the longest hand-animated silhouette film in the world.

Jörg Herrmann - Academy of Film and Television, Potsdam Babelsberg 1966-1970, specializing in directing/scenaristics, (special studies/master student)

Diploma Humboldt University of Berlin 1972 -1976, specialization philosophy/logic correspondence course diploma

Aspirantur: 1979 - 1982 Hochschule für Film- und Fernsehen, Potsdam Babelsberg, research subject: animation in DEFA film, dissertation on the subject: "Animationsfilm - über Genese und Spezifik einer filmischen Gattung" ("Animation film - on the genesis and specificity of a cinematic genre")

Doctorate: Humboldt University of Berlin 1982 Film Studies / Doctor of Philosophy

Professional life:

Carpenter 1958 Carpentry Adolf Schwarz, Dresden

Animator, Assistant Director 1958 -1961 DEFA Studio for Animated Films, Dresden

Army service 1961 -1962

Animator, author, assistant director 1962 - 1966 DEFA Studio for Animated Films , Dresden

Director, author, cameraman, animator 1970 -1979 DEFA Studio for Animated Films , Dresden

Filmmaker with own animation studio in Kreischa 1982 - 1990

Since 1992 managing director and artistic director immediahaus Kreischa

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