THE STORY:

The black forest in the 19th century.
A magic place with ghosts, good and bad, living in it.

A soul journey and the transformation of a character.
The struggle of good and bad inside of us.
Timeless and also highly current topic:
The neglect of ethic values in favor of an uninhibited materialism.
A story with universal appeal.

CONTENT:

An animated short film, 25 minutes.
2D digital animation.
Written and directed by Hannes Rall.
Adapted from the German fairy tale “The Cold Heart“, written by the famous 19th century writer Wilhelm Hauff.
It is considered to be high literature and a classic.

Based on a treatment, „The Cold Heart“ was granted script development funding by the German film funding board MFG Baden-Württemberg in 2004.
The script was then developed with Martina Doecker as a script advisor.
„The Cold Heart“ was granted production funding by MFG in 2007 and is currently already in production.

Peter Munk is a poor but goodhearted young man, desperately wishing to be rich. Tempted by the evil ghost
of the woods, he trades his warm heart for a heart of stone. He becomes rich but turns into a merciless and
cruel man. Is there still hope for him?!