Musarion

Munich & Athens, 2021, 29’

The film adapts the eponymous work by german writer Christoph Martin Wieland and transfers the love story into the present day.

Phanias withdrew from the city of Athens to the countryside to leave his old life behind. But one day he encounters his former love Musarion who tries to bring him back to reason.

The film follows their struggle to find an enlightened form of love that can overcome philosophical and political fanaticism.

“Musarion” is a collectiv work of five young artists and mixes elements of the original text, opera, theatre, video art and narrative film.

starring
Julia Windischbauer
Leonard Kunz

and
Christian Lange
Dimitris Oikonomou

written and directed by
Julian Rabus
Mara Pollak
Marie Jaksch
Vincent Hannwacker
Dominik Bais

director of photography
Alexander Brack

sound mixer
David Röntgen

edited by
Florian Duffe

sounddesign
Daniel Bautista
Julian Riegel

film score
Fabian Zeidler

costume
Nina Ballhause
Andrea Meschik

produced by
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Dominik Bais
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Lara Stump
Pantelis Karasevdas

unit manager
Elias Karasevdas
Johny Venegas

best boy
Oliver Geissler

assistant camera
Aysenur Alacakaptan
Tom Rumpf

steadycam
Stefan Knapp

graphics
Jonas Hirschmann
Andreas Weber

grading
Benjamin Packer

camera support
ARRI Berlin

production management
Corinna Deschauer

additional advice
Sarah Seidel
Kerstin Bönsch

funding
Bruno-Frey-Stiftung
Christoph Martin Wieland Stiftung

thanks to
Julian Rosefeldt

Screenings

2023
“Schöne Welt wo bist du”
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Bamberg ︎

2022
“Rencontres Internationales” HKW Berlin ︎

2022
“Lassitude” Goethe-Institut Paris ︎

2022
“Reconstructions” Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin ︎

2022
“Fresco” Akademie der Bildenden Künste ︎

2022
“Rencontres Internationales Paris” Louvre Museum Auditorium ︎

2021
“4. Biennale für Videokunst” Galerie der Künstler, München ︎

2021
“Künstliche Paradiese” Kunstverein Leipzig ︎

2020
Competition (short), Biberacher Filmfestspiele

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