The Rites of Passage poster

The Rites of Passage poster

The Rites of Passage

2025 14mMovie

Peering through tiny holes that beetles have chewed through a now-dead bark, a spruce monoculture in decline slowly reveals itself. Besides an ecological-economic history, it also carries a spiritual legacy: semicircles of oak poles aligned with the solstices bear witness to a prehistoric sun observatory, once used for supernatural rituals. Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell take us on a phantasmagorical journey that challenges human understanding of change and history with a geological and almost mythological perspective.

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Top Cast

Valerie-Malin Schmid

Crew

Directors

Florian Fischer

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Johannes Krell

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer, Music

Writers

Florian Fischer

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Johannes Krell

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer, Music

Producers

Stephan Helmut Beier

Producer

Ray Peter Maletzki

Producer

Cinematographers

Florian Fischer

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Johannes Krell

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer, Music

Editors

Florian Fischer

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Johannes Krell

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer, Music