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RIDERS OF THE SACRED BLOOD

by Douglas Wolfsperger

synopsis

For over 1,000 years the Upper Swabian city of Weingarten in southwest Germany has been celebrating the Ride of the Sacred Blood. On the day after Ascension, 3 000 horsemen pay homage to the Holy Relic, which is believed to contain a drop of the blood of Jesus Christ. With gentle irony and genuine fondness for his protagonists, Douglas Wolfsperger presents a slice of German small-town life and portrays some of the quirkiest characters; in this extremely Catholic event.

international title: RIDERS OF THE SACRED BLOOD
original title: DIE BLUTRITTER
country: Germany
sales agent: Elkon Suedwest GmbH
year: 2003
genre: documentary
directed by: Douglas Wolfsperger
film run: 86'
screenplay: Douglas Wolfsperger
cinematography by: Igor Luther
film editing: Goetz Schuberth
music: Hans Juergen Buchner, Haindling
producer: Uili PIau
production: BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, Eikon Suedwest (DE), 3Sat (DE)
backing: MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, FilmFernsehFonds
distributor: Wilder Sueden Filmverleih (DE)

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