Kallocain
2014, video, 7:34, Germany/USA

Seventy years after the collapse of the totalitarian state depicted in the 1940 novel, Kallocain, by Karin Boye, Lea Kall researches the lost formula for the truth serum her grandfather developed to monitor the thoughts of citizens—but she intends to use it to discover inner truth.

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​CAST
Paula D. Koch & Ryan Wichert
Additional cast: Lydia Hamann, David Pitts, Stephen Gilbert,
Marija Vlajic, Rinske Walma, Uta Thielecke & Meijun Liu

CREW
Writer, Director, Editor & Producer: Catalina Alvarez
Director of Photography and Co-Producer: David Winnerstam
Production Design: Kumi Umamoto
Sound Design: Vensan Mazmanyan
Line Producer: Jörn Hanicke
Co-writer: Hanna Bergfors
Assistant Director: Natalia Sanhueza
First Assistant Camera: Daniel Redel
​Unit Managers: Steffen Hamann and Marcus Francke
Steadicam Operators: Lorenz Till Ackermann and Till Kind
Lighting Technicians: Michael Clemens, Martin Hansen, Aline Reinsbach,
Nicolas Plancq, Tom Rotsch and Marianne Borowiec
Grip Susanne Elgeti
Second Assistant Camera: Omri Haloni
Production Sound Mixers: Vensan Mazmanyan and Nils Strüven
Prop Assistant: Daniel Reusche
Stylists: Rebecca Digby and Petra Mussger
Visual Effects: Amelia Roehm
Yoga Song and Instructional Video: Brian Jordan Alvarez
Assistant Editor: Rocco Di Mento