Gabriela – The German with the Bicycle

Gabriela - The German with the Bicycle

23rd TDF: World Premiere

The story of a woman born in postwar Germany and her overwhelming need to live, love, and matter. A couple of years after her death, her son embarks on an in-depth inquiry into her diary, her letters, the people and the places she once knew. A trip between Stuttgart, Germany and Alexandria, Greece, with an underlying question: “What kind of life is this?” Meanwhile, during this trip, her son is trying to make peace with his always fleeing mother, “the German with the bicycle.”

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Dominikos Ignatiadis
Script: Dominikos Ignatiadis, Marita Tzatzadaki
Cinematography: Nikos Thomas, Vassilis Kalemos
Editing: Chronis Theocharis
Sound: Stavros Symeonidis, Vasilis Kalemos, Marita Tzatzadaki
Music: The Boy (Alexandros Voulgaris)
Actors: Effi Rabsilber (Gabriela young, narrator), Alexandron Koh (narrator), Evambia Zavou (narrator), Marita Tzatzadaki (Gabriela old)
Production: Blackbird Production
Producers: Eleni Kossyfidou
Co-production: With the support of Fisiologiki PC
Narration: Effi Rabsilber
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 2021
Duration: 95΄
Contact: blackbird production, Eleni Kossyfidou

Dominikos Ignatiadis

Filmography

2013 Curriculum Vitae (short)
2017 Village Potemkin
2020 Gabriela – The German with the Bicycle
2022 Prison Blues
2024 Moving