Toyland
Year: 2007
Studio: Mephisto Film
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank
Cast: Julia Jäger, Cedric Eich, David C. Bunners, Torsten Michaelis, Claudia Hübschmann, Gregor Weber
Crew: Jochen Alexander Freydank (Screenplay), Jochen Alexander Freydank (Director), Corona Bellin (Producer), Karen Wendland (Casting), Stefanie 'Peppa' Meissner (First Assistant Camera), Anna Kappelmann (Editor)
Runtime: 13 minutes
Release: Aug 29, 2007
IMDb: 7.20/10 by 62 users
Popularity: 4
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Potently seen through the eyes of two young boys, the rise of Nazi-ism is depicted as "David" (Tamay Bulut Ozvatan), a Jew, and his family must make preparations for a trip whilst the mother of the other (Julia Jäger) must make preparations to lie to her son about just what is going on in their country now. They boys have no appreciation of the dangers and so armed with his bear "Little Paul" the two insist on travelling together. Can his mother track down "Heinrich" (Cedric Eich) before it's too late? It's chilling, this film - not just the effects of the snow on the ground but these ghastly yellow stars stitched like targets upon the clothing of the unwilling travellers. The boys think they are going to "Toyland".... Scary stuff well presented with an effective minimum of dialogue.