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Shock Head Soul (2012)

Directed by Simon Pummell

Documentary · 1h 26m

This cross-media documentary (film, installation and website) explores the life and writings of Daniel Paul Schreber. Now famous as an Outsider Artist, Schreber was a successful lawyer, who in 1893, started to receive messages from God via a ‘Writing Down Machine’ that spanned the cosmos. He spent the next nine years confined to an asylum. This is his story.

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Cast

Hugo Koolschijn Daniel Paul Schreber Anniek Pheifer Sabine Schreber Thom Hoffman Dr. Flechsig Jochum ten Haaf Dr. Tauscher

Crew

Director
Simon Pummell
Writer
Simon Pummell
Director of Photography
Reinier van Brummelen
Original Music Composer
Roger Goula
Editor
Tim Roza

Details

Release date
2012-04-26
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Netherlands, United Kingdom
Production
Hot Property Films, Illuminations Films, Submarine