EPPUR SI MUOVE (2021)

Short fiction 5’


Directing & post-production with Rafael Graf


"January ten, sixteen ten: Galileo Galilei abolishes heaven."
Bertolt Brecht: Life of Galileo

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer and professor of mathematics at the University of Padua. Proving that the Earth revolved around the Sun, he confronted the Catholic Church and was forced to recant his teachings. He lived under house arrest for the rest of his life. "Eppur si muove" ("And yet it moves" [the Earth]) – whispered allegedly Galilei, as he turned away from the Inquisitors.


Cast: Lukas Baumann, Eva Stempel, Sonja Giesecke

Crew:
Co-written with Rafael Graf
Directing: Violetta Vigh
Camera: Rafael Graf
1st AD: Simona Volpe
Sound: Elias Bötticher
Production Design: Alexej Novikin
Runner: Lisa Jödicke, Elias Koller