Feuerherz
Heart of Fire![](/media/filmstills/2008/wettbewerb/2004_0001_RWD_1380.jpg)
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Letekidan Micael
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Photo: Stefan Rabold © TV60Film
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Letekidan Micael
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Photo: Stefan Rabold © TV60Film
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Letekidan Micael
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Photo: Stefan Rabold © TV60Film
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Letekidan Micael
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Photo: Stefan Rabold © TV60Film
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Letekidan Micael, Solomie Micae
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Photo: Stefan Rabold © TV60Film
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Mekdes Wegene
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Photo: Stefan Rabold © TV60Film
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Luigi Falorni
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire by Luigi Falorni
DEU/AUT 2008, Competition
Several years later, her father – whom she believed lost – takes her away to live with his new family. But Awet is not welcome; her father torments her and finally gives her and her sister to one of Eritrea’s liberation armies. The two girls are brought to a camp where they are to be trained as soldiers. Awet has to get used to a harsh life. Hunger, loneliness and the hard labour at the camp make it a struggle for her to survive. Awet experiences the insanity of war and is confronted with death and fanaticism. Nevertheless, thanks to her ‘heart of fire’, her courage and her conscience, she manages to find a way out of her terrible ordeal.
FEUERHERZ was made in the Eritrean language of Tirgrinya. Luigi Falorni: “When the Eritrean government refused to give us permission to film we prepared the shoot in Nairobi, because Kenya is home to the largest community of Eritrean émigrés outside Eritrea. One of the most important criteria during casting was that those in the film should have a knowledge of Tigrinya and an enduring bond to Eritrean traditions and way of life.”
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Sven Burgemeister, Luigi Falorni, Andreas Bareiß
Sven Burgemeister (producer), Luigi Falorni (director) und Andreas Bareiß (producer) on the Red Carpet before the premiere of Feuerherz.
Feuerherz · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 14, 2008
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Luigi Falorni
Luigi Falorni being interviewed on the Red Carpet.
Feuerherz · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 14, 2008
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Luigi Falorni
Feuerherz · Competition · Feb 14, 2008
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Günter Haverkamp (Aktion Weißes Friedensband), Andreas Bareiß (Producer), Luigi Falorni (Director), Sven Burgemeister (Producer)
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 14, 2008
Günter Haverkamp (Aktion Weißes Friedensband), Andreas Bareiß (Producer), Luigi Falorni (Director), Sven Burgemeister (Producer)
Feuerherz | Heart of Fire
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 14, 2008