Detlev
(Germany, 2024, 12’50)
A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because it’s the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.
Ferdinand Ehrhardt Director
Ferdinand Writer
Ferdinand Ehrhardt Producer
Saskia Stirn Producer
Peter Schneider Key Cast “Detlev”
David Gordon Smith Key Cast “Son & Narrator”
Konrad Wipp Key Cast “Dirk”
Sebastian Ganschow Key Cast “Jan-Eric”
Andreas Bothe Editor
Sebastian Ganschow DOP
Leoni Gora DOP
Elias Weinberger Storyboard
Clemens Gutjahr Music
Gregor Wittich Animation
Ferdinand Ehrhardt Animation
Valeriia Diadiukh Animation
Ilya Lorenz Barrett Animation
Arne Hain Animation
Mona Keil Animation
Lydia Schüttengruber Animation
Leo Neumann Animation
Benjamin Wahl Animation
Céline Ahlbrecht Production Design
Samuel Krupke Sound Design
Paul Golter Technical Director
Niklas Wolff VFX Supervisor
Manik Möllers Re-Recording Mixer
Julia Skala Character Design
Oscar Jacobson Character Design
Ferdinand Ehrhardt
Ferdinand, grew up in Dresden, Germany. Acting with his brother’s cuddly toys in his children’s bed somehow led to his studies in animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. There he tried his hand at several different approaches of audiovisual storytelling and with the stop-motion short “Detlev” he completed his studies in 2024.
