Lethe
Egon, a pensioner suffering from dementia, is not treated particularly well by his family. His everyday life consists of humiliation and neglect as well as memories of a better time. One day, his long-lost son comes to visit with his fiancée and her parents to take a family portrait for the upcoming wedding and to get to know each other.
Cast
- Egon Gruber
- Gerhard Fehn
- Sven Gruber
- Benedict Badenius
- Barbara Gruber
- Dana Cebulla
- Zoe Lange
- Stephanie Jost
- Torsten Gruber
- Daniel Breitfelder
- Aliena Gruber
- Alexandra Schiller
- Manfred Lange
- Holger Ebert
- Silke Lange
- Carole Schmitt
- Dr. Bernd Wiegand
- René Sydow
Lethe
Micon Gerthold
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2021
- Language
- de. OF ohne UT
- Format
- Blu-Ray, Black & white, 73min
1.33:1, Stereo
Director & Crew
Micon Gerthold
Born in 1988 in Herne. Studied Directing at the Ruhrakademie in Schwerte. Active as a director, editor, and screenwriter.
Filmography
2017 LIMBUS, Kurzfilm
2021 LETHE, Spielfilm HOF 2021
“As a filmmaker, I’ve always had a keen interest in exploring new and unconventional points of view and putting viewers in situations they’ve never encountered before. Through personal experiences with dementia, the idea was born to show the world from the point of view of a dementia sufferer. After many conversations with those affected, their friends and relatives, images emerged for me that can now be seen in LETHE. The most important thing for me was not just to tell a story about this topic, but to make it tangible.”
- Director of Photography
- Simon Federlein
- Editor
- Julian Hartmann
- Set Designer
- Alexander Hosfeld
- Sound
- Christian Regiment
- Make-up
- Maike Persch
- Producer
- Micon Gerthold
- Tobias Heil