
Overview
A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film (2004)
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Marcus Kanter
Details
- Director
- Original title
- Die rote Jacke
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 1, 2002
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany























