Interior

Local title
Interjöör
Original title
Interior
Director
Pascal Schuh
Country
Year
2025
Festival
29th Black Nights Film Festival
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Are you really sure you know what happens in your house when you lock the door?

The extraordinary debut film by Pascal Schuh tells the story of Kasimir, a burglar who uses a couch with a secret compartment to break into people’s homes and covertly film their private moments. The recordings are given to Dr. Liebermann, who watches them in a ritual-like study of human emotions.

“Interior” is a crystalline, voyeuristic cinematic journey that makes the viewer question the thin line between abuse and being abused, morality and empathy, tenderness and the strangeness of human experience. The abusive relationship is portrayed with an unsettling sensitivity, leaving the audience feeling trapped, much like being caught in the embrace of a praying mantis. The viewer will be drawn into the film’s slightly eerie atmosphere, a ritual dance of genius, dream, and cruelty. The film unfolds in a stylistically flawless structure, a martial-like architecture that links the provocative act of spying and observing the vulnerabilities of others, to an inseparable bond with human compassion.

A dazzling cinematic experience, and I’m convinced that this couch is already an iconic piece of cinematic history.

Fabio Tucci

Director
Pascal Schuh
Screenwriter
Joe Hofer, Timo Ackermann, Pascal Schuh
Cast
Knut Berger, Daniil Kremkin, Andreas Nickl, Ludwig Simon, Jennifer Sabel, Benjamin Kramme, Malaya Stern Takeda, Monika Lennartz, Kristina van Eyck, Johannes Kühn, Alma Löhr, Smilla Löhr
Producer
Timo Ackermann, William Eggert, Katrin Haase, Oliver Arnold
Cinematographer
Greta Isabella Conte
Production Design
Olga Gredig, Lore Walter
Editing
Frederik Franke
Composer
Erik Johann Fodi
Sound
Philemon Montaser
Sound mixer
Vojtech Cibulka, Ludwig Peter Müller
Production
U5 Filmproduktion GmbH & Ko. KG | Schöne Aussichten
Co production
Filmuniversity Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg
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Director
Pascal Schuh

Pascal Schuh (1996) was born in Bonn, Germany. In 2017, he began studying film and television directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. His bachelor‘s degree film “Auf Platte” (“Songs of a Caretaker”, 2021) was a finalist for the Student Academy Awards selection. His debut feature “Interior” won the Public Favourite Award at the Works in Progress International at PÖFF 2024.
Filmography:
Interior (2025) – Feature Film

Bella Mamma Donna (2023) – Short Film

Auf Platte | Songs Of A Caretaker (2021) – Short Film; Student Oscar Finalist

Das Wie Ist Das Was (2020) – Short Film

Avec Plaisir (2019) – Short Film

Reborn Baby (2018) – Short Documentary

Interior (2024) - Feature Film

Bella Mamma Donna (2023) - Short Film

Auf Platte I Songs Of A Caretaker (2021) - Short Film; Student Oscar Finalist

Das Wie Ist Das Was (2020) - Short Film

Avec Plaisir (2019) - Short Film

The film is presented by:

Tegos
Goethe Instituut

Screenings

Screening100220 / Interjöör
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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