Johnny & Me - Eine Zeitreise mit John Heartfield
Johnny & Me - A Journey through Time with John Heartfield

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

Graphic designer Stefanie is having a creative crisis with boring advertising assignments and a boss who does not value her work. During a visit to a museum, she is magically attracted to the satirical photomontages of the world-famous colleague and Nazi opponent John Heartfield. Then a miracle happens, she suddenly turns up in his studio.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: Johnny & Me - Eine Zeitreise mit John Heartfield

    Directed by: Katrin ROTHE

    Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

    Year of production: 2023

    Running time: 01 h 43 min 40 s

  • Technique

    Category: Feature film contrechamp

    Techniques used: animated objects, live action

    Version: German version French / English subtitles

    Process: Colour

    Target public: Adults

  • Credits

    Directed by: Katrin ROTHE

    Production: HANFGARN & UFER FILMPRODUKTION, Gunter HANFGARN, MISCHIEF FILMS, DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION

    Distribution: NEWDOCS, Elina KEWITZ

    Artistic direction: Katrin Rothe

    Script: Katrin Rothe

    Storyboard: Caroline Hamann, Lydia Günther

    Layout: Tonina Matamalas

    Sets: Tonina Matamalas

    Animation: Tonina Matamalas, Lisa Neubauer, Lydia Günther, Jonathan Schwenk, Malte Stein, Amélie Cochet, Kerstin Zemp, Wolf Matzl, Birgit Scholin, Rosanne Janssens, Igor Kuzmic, Mandy Müller

    Music: Micha Kaplan, Thomas Mävers

    Sound: chaussee.film

    Editing: Hannes Starz