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Eine Armlänge Welt | © ConkerTreeFilm
© ConkerTreeFilm

The World at Arm´s Length

    All titles (2)
    Documentary | 2017-2018 | Docu | Germany

    Shooting data

    LocationsGermany, France, Spain
    Filming regionsFrance, Spain

    Project data

    Length of movie96 Min.

    Brief synopsis

    Sven has a dream. Once in his life he wants to walk the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St. James! But that seems impossible, Sven has Usher syndrome, a disease which slowly, inexorably robs him of hearing and vision. Profoundly deaf and completely blind since 2010, he can only communicate using a special hearing aid in the spoken language. A hearing aid does not distinguish the sounds - they flow, unfiltered to him - only helpful if Sven‘s environment is calm and silent and even then it brings exhaustion and headaches. He mainly speaks via tactile gestures, forming words and letters using his hands. He is totally dependent upon the help of his specially trained assistants. Sven has to entrust himself to his assistants, because although he is their „boss“, he can’t fully perceive his surroundings. They are his eyes and his ears. They guide him, describe his surroundings and translate every communication with the outside world for him. There are less than 50 trained Deafblind Assistants in Germany.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    AudiodeskriptionRamona Rockenhausen

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyAnna Baranowski
    Director of photographySusanne Bohlmann
    Director of photographyLars Filthaut
    2nd unit dopNiklas Kern
    DirectorSusanne Bohlmann
    in Coproduction with ZDF/3Sat | also author & camera
    in Coproduction with ZDF/3Sat | also author & camera
    EditorSusanne Bohlmann
    (Adobe Premiere Pro)
    (Adobe Premiere Pro)
    ProducerChristopher Hawkins
    ScreenwriterSusanne Bohlmann
    Sound designerJana Irmert
    Dialogue editorImmo Trümpelmann
    Subtitle editorRobin Serwe
    im Rahmen eines Praktikums
    im Rahmen eines Praktikums

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Conkertree Film
    ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
    / 3sat coproduction
    / 3sat coproduction

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    ACL Studio

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingGermany3satMonday, 17/12/2018