Albert Ostermaier

Gold. Der Film der Nibelungen
Eine Komödie
Auftragsarbeit für die Nibelungenfestspiele Worms
6 D, 10 H, Stat.
UA: 15.07.2016 · Nibelungenfestspiele Worms · Directed by: Nuran David Calis
Spotlights cut through the night. They are filming in front of the illuminated Wormser Dom. The successful film producer Konstantin Trauer wants to fulfill his life dream and film the Nibelung story. Up unto this point, he has failed with his ambitious project, but now he wants to prove to everybody that he will make his mark in the history of film. What he kept secret from everyone is that there is not much time left: a deadly disease rages inside him, and his production company is nearing bankruptcy. This final night of filming is Trauer’s last chance. For the realization of his idea, he couldn’t have picked anyone better than the eccentric directing star Arsenij Kubik, who pushes all the limits of sanity.

The mood is explosive, everyone plots against everyone else, everyone has something to hide and something to lose. Love, revenge, violence, death and passion: The Nibelungenlied becomes the secret script of this night. Even reality does not stop the film team: refugees reach the city, the park, the stage. And the drama in front of the cathedral does not only escalate in the battle of the queens.

GOLD talks about making films and going out of control. It is narrated by a film team who loves and hates, tears and kisses, while everything is hopelessly driven on to an explosive finale. We see the absurd theater which is created during filming, and the wild interaction between theater and film, Nibelungen and Noir. It is a camera journey into the abysses of the soul and its fears, a relentless close-up shot of our society.