IL PESCE PUZZA DALLA TESTA  //TBA

Il pesce puzza dalla testa [The fish rots from the head] is a quiet short film about the bond between a boy and his grandfather, and what is lost, passed on, or left unspoken across generations. While the italian saying normally refers to corruption, here it reflects how trauma, patterns, and knowledge are transmitted over time. 

Set against social fragmentation, rising extremism, and the fading of witnesses like Margot Friedländer, the film places intergenerational dialogue at its centre. It believes in the power of simple questions as a possible starting point for change: political, social, and personal.






Starring: Max Günther & Manfred Böll

Directed by: Philipp Conrads
Written by: Philipp Conrads & Caio Salles Ackermann
Produced by: Kathleen Wiebe & Paulus Wehkamp

Cinematography: Till Lorenz Fischer
Camera Assistant: Saskia Mayerhoff
Gaffer: Jack McCormick
Set Design: Jesse Nacke 
Sound Recordists: Andreas Stiller & Henry Greiner
Production Assistant: Bjarne Memmert 

Edit: Philipp Conrads
Colour: Andrei Gordeev
Music / Sound design: Paulus Wehkamp & Freddy Burkard
Mix / Master: Enrik Schöfisch
Illustration: Julia Vermöhlen

Supervision: Stini Roehrs, Anka Gerbes & Nina Klein
Technical Supervision: Martin Pflüger

Special Thanks to:  Signe Hansen-Brockstedt, Carmen Günther, Bahl for Actors, Kiera Bahl, Agentur Windhuis, Anja Windhuis, Peer Poehlmann, Tina Vogt, Alexander Nowak, Markus Kraatz, Maribels Frischer Fisch, Fondazione Roberto Murolo, Map Berlin, Dino Berlin, 
18 Frames Hamburg, SAE Hamburg