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Patrick Doberenz

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Karl Gabler suffers a heart attack. He has already exceeded the average age of mortality and now his time has come. He dies. The widow Gisela passes through the fleshly disillusioning stations of farewell together with their son. We observe them during this process. The movie creates an artificial and artistic platform on which the protagonists present us their work. The protagonists are usually not the mourners themselves but the ones involved in the ordinary handling of a normal death: a financial consultant, a paramedic, a doctor, an undertaker, a decorator and a priest. Even though the space from which they are acting in is staged, there are still real situations that unfold during the interplay with the bereaved. These situations can be considered representative for all other cases of death by means of quotes – "the death of one." does not just present a particular case of death but the one par excellence. With regard to the documented as well as to the documenting process, two conflicting poles do appear: individuality and standardization. Where and how do standard situations and recurrent schemata establish, where does the individual inevitably prevail? On the other hand it becomes apparent how documentation and staging cross-fertilize. Thus, a question arises: what can actually be legitimately documental in this documentary such as in any other? But do not fear! It is neither a non-sensuous conceptual film nor a sentimental mourning documentary – "the death of one" aims primarily to pleasure.
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Man stirbt. (2009)
Patrick Doberenz is known for Man stirbt. (2009), Egobitch (2011) and Vielleicht läuft ja was im Fernsehen (2010).
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    Man stirbt. (2009)
    Man stirbt.
    Short
    • Director
    • 2009
    Egobitch
    Short
    • Director
    • 2011
    Vielleicht läuft ja was im Fernsehen
    • Additional Crew
    • 2010
    Heldensohn
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Die Kulturfisch-Revue (2018)
      Die Kulturfisch-Revue
      TV Movie
      • cinematography
      • 2018
    • MAMMON - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem (2015)
      MAMMON - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Heldensohn
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Der Zuschauer
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Alice 5.0 (2011)
      Alice 5.0
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Ofakim (2010)
      Ofakim
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • In Dir muss brennen
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • In Liebe - Britta Schmidt
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Ronit Elkabetz in Sion (2006)
      Sion
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Ärgermacher - Der Teaser (2005)
      Ärgermacher - Der Teaser
      7.6
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2005

    Director

    • Heldensohn
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Egobitch
      Short
      • supervising director
      • 2011
    • Alice 5.0 (2011)
      Alice 5.0
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • David Larcher in David Larcher - A Portrait (2010)
      David Larcher - A Portrait
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Man stirbt. (2009)
      Man stirbt.
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009

    Editor

    • MAMMON - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem (2015)
      MAMMON - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Heldensohn
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Egobitch
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2011
    • Man stirbt. (2009)
      Man stirbt.
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2009
    • Ganz weiss draussen
      6.7
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2007

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