The Best Orchestra in the World
If you want to get into the best orchestra in the world but you’re not entirely human, you have to expect certain obstacles…
- Austria
- 2020, 14 min
- Director: Henning Backhaus
- Director of photography: Matthias Halibrand
- Editor: Jana Libnik
- Screenplay: Henning Backhaus, Rafael Haider, Albert Meisl
- Music: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henning Backhaus
- Cast: Thomas Mraz, Jörn Hentschel, Dominic Oley, Peter Huemer, Helen Hagmüller, Peter Matić
- Art Director: Andrea Meschik
- Producer: Lukas Rosatti
- Production: Filmakademie Wien / Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Henning Backhaus
Henning Backhaus was born in Dresden, Germany. He moved to Vienna to study directing with Austro-French film director Michael Haneke at the Filmakademie Wien. In 2013 Henning shot his film debut Local Heroes on 16mm and 35mm film. From 2013 to 2018 he was an assistant director at the Vienna State Opera. Most recently he worked in the sound department of Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life (2019). The Best Orchestra in the World (2020) is his third short.