Thomas the High Jumper

Thomas, a young adult, lives an isolated life with his mother in a sports camp. His only encounter with the outside world is through sports. His life is characterized by emotionless discipline and skewed social rules established by his mother. The ambition to make her son an athlete leads her to the narcissistic trainer Frank. His alternative training methods, which include psychological power games, shake up the importance of routines and the authority of mother’s control regiment begins to fade.

Cast

Frank
Zhenja Isaak
Roman
Kelvin Kilonzo
Margot
Alexandra Finder
Thomas
Max Poerting
Thomas der Hochspringer - Still 1

Thomas the High Jumper

Leri Matehha

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Germany 2020
Language
de. OF mit en. UT
Format
Color, 92min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Thomas der Hochspringer

Director & Crew

Leri Matehha

Born and raised in Tallinn/Estonia. Studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Filmography

2014

  • WABENWUNSCH, Kurzfilm

2017

  • WEIL ES MITTE MÄRZ IST, Kurzfilm

2018

  • UNBALANCED BEAR, experimenteller Kurzdokumentarfilm

2020

  • CRYSTAL TEARS OF FYODOR SERGEYEV, experimenteller Kurzdokumentarfilm
  • THOMAS, DER HOCHSPRINGER, Spielfilm  HOF 2020
Writer
Leri Matehha
Director of Photography
Jozephina Gocman
Editor
Leri Matehha
Production Designer
Nathan Schönewolf
Costume Designer
Paula Pedraza
Jutta Krämer
Casting Director
Pia Marais
Sound
Lukas Soboll
Sound Designer
Mina Tomic
Maximilian Rodegra
Maria Rita Stumpf
Music Composer
Nikolai Szymanski
Make-up
Nicky Brandt
TV Commissioning Editor
Oskar Petzet
Co-Producer
Leri Matehha
Producer
Sabrina Schneider

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