Overview
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film (1990)
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Christoph Lauenstein
Details
- Writers
- Wolfgang LauensteinWriter
- Christoph LauensteinWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 25, 1989
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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In the United States
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