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The Periwig-Maker (S)

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Original title: Der Perückenmacher (The Periwig-Maker)
Year: 1999
Running time: 15 min.
Country: Germany
Director: Steffen Schäffler
Screenwriter: Annette Schäffler, Steffen Schäffler. Book: Daniel Defoe
Cast: Animation
Music: Christian Heyne
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: Ideal Standard Film
Genre: Animation. Drama | Disease/illness. 17th Century. Middle Ages. Stop Motion. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: Europe; the plague years. A wigmaker, locked in his shop, observes the events and writes about them in his journal. Mostly, we see shrouded bodies, and a young girl who lives in the tavern across the way that gets progressively sicker. When she dies, the wigmaker goes to the mass grave where she's buried and cuts off her luxurious red hair; he makes himself a wig from it, and soon dies.

Awards: 2000: Oscar: Nominated for Best Animated Short Film

1999: Nominated BAFTA Awards: Best Short Animation

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The Periwig-Maker (S)

1999

Steffen Schäffler

6.2

(312)