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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1978 - 29 July.6 August

Sections & Films

I CAN ALSO BUILD AN ARK

Category: Edition 1978

Synopsis
Filmmaker Hark Bohm captures the interaction of a group of young children from a working-class neighborhood in the Bergedorf suburb of Hamburg, whose playground is a partially abandoned apartment building. Upon reading about Noah's building of the ark in a Bible, the oldest boy claims that he can do that too. After constructing their "ark" from scrap wood, the children proceed to float it in the basement by opening...

Original Title ICK KANN AUCH ‘NE ARCHE BAUEN
Italian Title POSSO ANCHE COSTRUIRE UN'ARCA
Category Official Competition
Section Official Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 46'
Production Year 1973
Nationality West Germany
Directed by Hark Bohm

 regista Hark BohmHARK BOHM

Hark Bohm (born 18 May 1939) is a German actor, screenwriter, film director, playwright and former professor for cinema studies. He was born in Hamburg-Othmarschen and grew up on the island Amrum. His younger brother was the actor Marquard Bohm, who starred in some of his early films. He is most notable for his long-time collaboration with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
His first featurefilm as a director was the German western Tschetan, der Indianerjunge shot in 1972 and starring his brother Marquard as well as his adopted son Dschingis Bowakow as Tschetan.
In 1978, he directed the film Moritz, Dear Moritz, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.