Ukrainian Spectrum

Leonid’s Story

Year
2011
Country
Germany, Ukraine
Duration
19’
Director
Rainer Ludwigs

Leonid is a policeman from Kopachi village, grew up next to the Chornobyl’ Nuclear reactor. The catastrophe broke his life, ruined his health, and threatened his unborn child. Yet his work takes him right into the contaminated zone.

Production
Image Building, 20 Heidehof St., 28870 Ottersberg – Germany, +49 4205 395652, [email protected]
Director
Rainer Ludwigs

Rainer Ludwigs was born in 1965 in Germany. After completing his degree in Graphic Design at the college of Arts in Bremen, Germany in 1992 with the emphasis on animation and cartoon films. Rainer Ludwigs created television spots at the International Advertising agency “Grey” in Dusseldorf. Since 1995 he has worked as an independent director and producer in the field of image and company films. This work included firm order productions with 2D- and 3D-animation, TV and Cinema spots, special effects and cartoon films.

Selected Filmography

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta(2007), Das AWIATOR-Projekt (2007), Erich Jaeger – The Company(2008), Fenster 24(2009), Kinder von Tschernobyl(2010)

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