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Westernhagen 'Die Alphatier Trilogie' by Matt Lambert

David Knight - 7th May 2014

Matt Lambert's trilogy of films for German rock legend Westernhagen follows the progress of 'Alphatier' (Alpha Dog) on his relentless rise, eventually overcoming the father who turned him into a beast.  

This Oedipal tale is an evolution of Lambert's past three years of making films following the youth of Berlin, and the first time he's had the chance to make a film that, due to the huge popularity of Westernhagen, could resonate with a mainstream German audience. 

As the East of the city is usually favored by younger Berlin-based filmmakers, Matt set this film in West Berlin in an attempt to tell a story that plays with the deep tensions that exists in a city where up to three generations have experienced very different worlds and social moralities. 

Shooting over three days in Schöneberg, Friedenau and Potsdam Lambert created an 18-minute long epic and also worked with his second unit to create seven other videos, that function as smaller stories parallel to the main narrative. He also combined seasoned actors with ones who've never been on screen before, workshopping their roles with the actors over a span of a few weeks. 

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David Knight - 7th May 2014

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Matt Lambert
Producer
Corinne Ahrens
Production Company
Executive Producer
Nils Schwemer
1st AD
Alex Blume

Camera

Director of Photography
Mathias Schöningh
Focus Puller
Facundo Altube

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Beda Mulzer

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Larissa Bechtold
Make-up
Ewa Cervena

Editorial

Editor
Rob Myers
Editing company
Schnittbar

Grading

Colourist
Marcus Badow

VFX

Post Producer
Andi Pek

Commission

Label
Motor

Other credits

Development Producer

Jannis Birsner

Sound Design & Sound Mix

Dennis Beckmann

Steadycam Operator

Johannes Holweg

2nd Unit DOP

Cezary Zacharewicz

Set Manager

Paul Wolf

Eletrician

Toni Schultz

Grip

Olando Grübel, Felix Sablotny, Dennis Klembach

Costume / Art Dept Assistant

David Werer

Sound Recordist

Tom Schön

DIT

Nikolas Dost

Stunt Coordinator

Christoph Gensis, Steven Lehmann

Catering

Gerwin Pukmeister

Runner / Driver

Sascha Müller, Johannes Jelinek

Casting Assistant

Jana Oberdoerffer

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