Starting with his depatchment from Denmark to the Eastern War Front in 1943, “Letters from WW2” re-traces the war experiences of the 18-year-old German soldier Johannes Lorenz. Based on the original letters to his parents and brother, this film takes an unconventional approach by transferring Johannes’ form of communication from the past to the present. The documentary plays innovatively with the creative means of re-enactment and docu drama by taking the historical wartime context into account.
| Director, Sound & Editing: | Magnus Lorenz |
| Cinematography: | Magnus Lorenz & Florin Țolaș |
| Actors: | Florin Iordache as Johannes Lorenz; Florin Țolaș as photographer |
| Music: | Tizian Issing |
| Animation: | Jan Stroetmann |
| Research: | Michael Lorenz |
| Advisors on Docu-Drama | Dan Curean (TVR) & Peter Gottschalk (ARTE) |
| Production: | Faculty of Theater and Film (Babeș-Bolyai University), Romania, 2020, 9 minutes |
| Language: | English |
