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The Samurai Trailer – Take a look at Iris Prize Winner Till Kleinert’s FrighFest hit

February 10, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The-Samurai-slideWe enjoyed The Samurai when we caught it at the Iris Prize festival last October. The film comes from Till Kleinert, who won the Iris Prize itself a few years ago for his excellent gay-themed short film Cowboy, which resulted in his making the also very good Boys Village.

What ties all those things together is an interest in the odd and creepy, and that continues with the loosely queer-themed The Samurai.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘On the edge of a dark forest, where the fear of wolves prevents locals from straying too far from home, a young police officer, Jakob receives a package addressed to the ‘Lone Wolf’. As the night shift starts a mysterious caller claims the package belongs to him.

‘Venturing out alone, Jakob unknowingly delivers a samurai sword to a wild-eyed man in a wedding dress, who entices him to participate in a bloody crusade through the village.

‘As night wanes something hidden is unleashed to meet the first rays of daylight…

‘Till Kleinert’s genre debut pulsates with relentless intensity, The Samurai is a daring, outrageous and fascinating journey into the sexual heart of darkness.’

The film is out on DVD and On-Demand in the UK from 13th April 2015. [Read more…]

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The Samurai (Iris Prize Festival 2014 Review)

October 17, 2014 By Scott Elliott Leave a Comment

Starring: Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski, Uwe Preuss
Director: Till Kleinert
Running Time: 79 mins
Release Date: October 10th 2014

The Samurai comes from director Till Kleinert, a previous winner of the Iris Prize for his brilliant short film Cowboy, and with this film he stays in unnerving territory.

The title character in this film is a homicidal maniac wielding a katana and wearing a pretty white dress (played to mind-searingly chilling heights by Pit Bukowski). He’s slowly destroying the community and sanity of policeman Jakob (Michel Dierks), whose dogged attempts to capture and subdue him slowly become an obsession. [Read more…]

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