Then I'd rather die
After Arthur tries to take his own life, a period of awkward conversations and silent moments begins. Everyone tries frantically to say and do the right thing. In addition, his group of friends also has to bury a giant rabbit. Despite doubts and uncertainty, the friends finally find their own personal way to deal with everything.
Cast
- Arthur
- Matti Schmidt-Schaller
- Dinah
- Lena Schmidtke
- Raffi
- Yves Jambo
- Toto
- Arda Görkem
- Aimée
- Bineta Hansen
Then I'd rather die
Pauline Schläger
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2023
- Language
- dt. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 56min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Dann Lieber Sterben
Nominated for:
Friedrich-Baur-Goldpreis
Director & Crew
Pauline Schläger
Born in 1996 in Hamburg. Studied Media Sciences in Bayreuth. Editor-in-chief of the university television studio CampusTV. Student at the ifs internationale filmschule Cologne. Active as a director, director’s assistant and producer.
Filmography
| 2019 | Tag 712 | Kurzfilm | |
| 2020 | Abwasch | Kurzfilm | |
| 2021 | Altunbekannt | Kurzfilm | |
| 2022 | Tanktop | Kurzfilm | |
| 2023 | Dann lieber sterben | Spielfilm | 2023 |
“With THEN I’D RATHER DIE, I try to destigmatize the topic of mental health and show that it's alright to not always know how best to react in such situations. The story about Arthur and his friends is a portrait of a normal group of friends that couldn’t be more diverse and in which everyone can find themselves somewhere. Between insecurities, feelings of shame, and faux pas, THEN I’D RATHER DIE is, in the end, a life-affirming film.”
Pauline Schläger
- Writer
- Pauline Schläger
- Julius Nerlich
- Jana Neef
- Director of Photography
- Marcel Reiter
- Editor
- Ivan Kolesov
- Production Designer
- Kira Leonie Io Thönnes
- Costume Designer
- Annika Mechelhoff
- Alexander Griech
- Casting Director
- Pauline Schläger
- Julius Nerlich
- Sound
- Ivan Kolesov
- Jascha Viehl
- Sound Designer
- Ivan Kolesov
- Make-up
- Sabine Dräger
- Lydia Kraus
- Mona Ko Ko Oo
- Producer
- Julius Nerlich
