Der Nachtmahr

2015 Feature Film –  Drama, Mystery

International premiere at the Locarno Film Festival 2015

Written & directed by:  AKIZ
Producers:  Amir Hamz, AKIZ, Christian Springer, Simon Rühlemann

Cast:  Carolyn Genzkow, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Sina Tkotsch, Arnd Klawitter, Julika Jenkins, Uwe Preuss, Kim Gordon

Tina is 17 years old and seems to have everything a girl her age could wish for. But one night after an intense party, she begins having severe nightmares being haunted by a profoundly hideous creature night after night. Her parents do not believe her story. The only one with whom she talks about her fears is her psychiatrist who encourages her to get in touch with the creature. At first Tina refuses to, but after she overhears her parents’ plans to put her in a mental hospital, she overcomes her fear and begins talking to the creature. To her surprise, Tina discovers that the creature actually exists as a personification of her fears and that it perceives the same emotions and sensations as she does. Out of fear of being taken for a freak by her friends and family, she hides the creature in her room. And as time goes by, she loses her disgust of him. A trusting relationship develops between Tina and the creature – much like with a wild animal found abandoned in the wilderness – and by dealing with the creature Tina learns more about her true self. However, before long, her parents and eventually her friends discover the creature with their own eyes...

Der Nachtmahr

Der Nachtmahr

Der Nachtmahr