Codelli

  • Documentary-Fiction Film
  • 86'
  • 2016
  • Slovenia

Codelli is a feature-length docudrama about a little-known film project by Slovenian inventor Baron Anton Codelli. Together with filmmaker and adventurer Hans Schomburgk he filmed in Togo in 1914 the first live-action film in Africa, which possibly inspired James Rice Burroughs for his novel on Tarzan. In the company of three Codelli's descendants and actor Primož Bezjak, we traced the fate of Codelli's film, brought the remains from Togo and Berlin to Ljubljana and used green screen technology to bring to life 15 live-action scenes based on 600 Codelli's museum photographs.

Credits order
Baron Codelli
Valentina Mladota
Maid Marija
engineer Freiscmidt
Codelli's mother
James Hodgson
Hans Schumburgk
fourth wife
Meg Gherts
Himself
inženir Kaiser
asistent Janez

Writing

screenwriter

Direction

director

Production

producer

Animation

lead animator
animator
animator

Cinematography

director of photography

Music

music composer
music composer
music supervisor

Editing

film editor

Production design

production designer
production designer
production designer

Costume design

costume designer

Make-up

key make-up artist

Sound design

sound designer
sound designer
assistant director
manager
manager
manager
props master
construction worker
construction worker
sound recordist
sound recordist
key special effects artist
camera operator
(second camera)
camera operator
(third camera)
camera operator
camera operator
assistant camera
lighting designer
assistant costume
asistant make-up
asistant make-up
colorist
translator
translator
translator

production

production
co-production
co-production
music/scoring
Iris Award
best cinematography
2017

Kategorija: dokumentarni film.

Festival Screening
2018
From the history of film
Festival Screening
2018
Showcase
2017
Competition Feature Documentary
Festival Screening
2017
Alternative title
Baron Codelli in legenda o Tarzanu (Slovenian) (working title)
Production countries
Slovenia
Technical data
Aspect ratio
1,77:1 (16:9)
Duration and length
86'
Colour
Color + black and white
Sound
stereo
Screening formats
digital DCP
Budget

All financial information is obtained from official sources. I.e. producers or organizations which provided the financial support.

Budget estimate
299,032.00 EUR
Grants
47,000.00 EUR
public call / Production
2014
187,700.00 EUR
public call / for the production of public cinematographic works by independent producers
2012

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