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The Halfmoon Files (2007)
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Movie Details
Genre Documentary; Mystery
Director Philip Scheffner
Producer Philip Scheffner
Writer Philip Scheffner
Production pong.Berlin
Language German/Italian
Running Time 87 mins
Country Germany
Color Color
Plot
« There once was a man. This man came into the European war. Germany captured this man. He wishes to return to India. If God has mercy, He will make peace soon. This man will go away from here. » Mall Singh’s crackling words are heard as he spoke into the phonographic funnel on 11th December 1916 in the city of Wünsdorf, near Berlin. 90 years later, Mall Singh is a number on an old Shellac record in an archive – one amongst hundreds of voices of colonial soldiers during the First World War. The recordings were produced as a result of a unique alliance between the military, the scientific community and the entertainment industry.
In The Halfmoon Files, his experimental search for clues to these voices, Philip Scheffner follows the traces to the origin of their recording.
Personal Details
Library No. 856
Index 879
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Any Region
Screen Ratio 16:9
Subtitles Arabisch; Chinese; Englisch; Französisch; German; Portugiesisch; Russian; Spanisch; Türkisch
Packaging Snap Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) in Deutsch
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1