Surprise! (1996)

While his lover is sleeping, a man assembles around her a Rube Goldberg collection of malevolent-looking implements. Then he leaves and lights the fuse . . .

Date of release
1996-02-21
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
6m
Director
Veit Helmer

Casting

Interesting facts

Surprise! is a 1995 short film by German director Veit Helmer. The film had 48 festival invitations and 26 awards, including a Golden Space Needle award at the 1995 Seattle International Film Festival. The story centers on a Rube Goldberg device.

Production

Interviewing Helmer for Filmmaker, Nick Dawson recalls that the first "studied at Munich’s School of Television and Film, and made quirky shorts throughout his time there" including what he calls the "highly inventive Surprise!".

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