Schwarzfahrer
- Senta Moira
- Paul Outlaw
- Stefan Merki
- Klaus Tilsner
company
- February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11) (Berlin International Film Festival)
Schwarzfahrer (also known as Black Rider) is a 1993 German 12-minute short film directed by Pepe Danquart [de]. It won an Oscar in 1994 for Best Short Subject.[1] The topic of the film is the daily racism a black man endures in a tram. The title is a word-play: "Schwarzfahrer" usually means "fare-dodger" in German, but can be literally translated as "black traveler". This word-play forms the punch line of the short film.
Plot
A motorbiker (Stefan Merki), who early in the film was unable to start his motorcycle, boards a tram in Berlin, and witnesses a black man (Paul Outlaw) sitting down next to an elderly white woman (Senta Moira). In the entire 12 minutes, the old woman racially abuses the black man, stating that blacks stink, are unintelligent, criminal and the perfect carrier for AIDS. The biker feels uncomfortable, but does not dare to interrupt. The black man stays quiet for the entire film, until the ticket inspector arrives: when the old woman produces her ticket, he grabs and swallows it. When the old woman accuses the black man of eating her ticket, he coolly shows his valid ticket to the inspector; the latter nods at him and detains the old woman. The punch line is that both the black man and the old woman are "Schwarzfahrer" now: the black man who rides a train, is a non-offensive "black rider", while the old woman now is a real law-breaking Schwarzfahrer (i.e. fare dodger). The one passenger the viewer knows who never possessed a ticket, the motorbiker, escapes without the controller checking his ticket.
Cast
- Senta Moira [de] as the Old Woman
- Paul Outlaw as the Black Man
- Stefan Merki as the Biker
- Klaus Tilsner as the ticket controller
- Andreas Schmidt as passenger with walkman
Acclaim
- 1993 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film — won[1]
- 1993 Melbourne International Film Festival Best Live Action Short Film — won
References
- ^ a b "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
External links
- Schwarzfahrer on YouTube
- Schwarzfahrer at IMDb
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