THE DEATH OF A HERO
THE DEATH OF A HERO
THE DEATH OF A HERO
EN HJÄLTES DÖD
Sweden, fiction, 14’
SYNOPSIS
In a small village where people don’t seem to get enough of entertainment, a young man is engaged to balance on his head at the top of the church tower and thereafter fall to the ground and dies. For doing this, he will receive a great deal of money. The people gather enthusiastically at the church to watch the young man perform the task. It’s all over in a couple of seconds. And to everyone’s dismay the young man really dies in the end. Now their enthusiasm is switched into disappointment. “To put up with such horrors should actually be forbidden,” the people say, and leave dissatisfied.
The film is based on a 100-year-old short story by the Swedish Nobel Prize winner Pär Lagerkvist.
CREDITS
Written & directed by: Karin Franz Körlof
Produced by: Hanna Hannerz Simå, Elin Bennett
Cinematography: Ari Willey
Editing: Karin Franz Körlof, Mauricio Molinari
Production Design: Cecilia Gyllsén
Costume Design: Matilda Madeon
Make-up & Hair: Esmeralda Sjöstedt
Sound: Gustav Landbecker
VFX: Jacob Danell
Casting: Judit Wassrin, Anna Häll
Cast: Svante Malm (priest), William Wigertz Wåhlström (hero)
STATMENT OF THE DIRECTOR
THE DEATH OF A HERO circles around the question of civil courage. I wanted to show how easy it is for everyone of us to be rapt in a situation and stop questioning our own actions and responsibility. It’s a story about flocking and the convenience of putting the blame on someone else.
- Short Film Candidate 2024