Shock Head Soul (2012)
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.
Director: Simon Pummell
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Hugo Koolschijn as Daniel Paul Schreber |
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Anniek Pheifer as Sabine Schreber |
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Thom Hoffman as Dr. Flechsig |
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Jochum ten Haaf as Dr. Tauscher |
| Sound | Roger Goula | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Rosie Stapel | Production Design |
| Directing | Simon Pummell | Director |
| Editing | Tim Roza | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marrit van der Burgt | Costume Design |
| Writing | Simon Pummell | Writer |
| Camera | Reinier van Brummelen | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ben Zuydwijk | Art Direction |