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The Red Jacket (S)

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Original title

Die rote Jacke

Year

2002

Running time

20 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Florian Baxmeyer

Screenwriter

Elke Schuch

Cast

Music

Edward Harris

Cinematography

Marcus Kanter

Producer

Hamburger Filmwerkstätten e.V

Genre

Drama | Short Film

Synopsis

A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.

Awards: 2003: Oscar: Best Short Film, Live Action

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The Red Jacket (S)

2002

Florian Baxmeyer