GERT WILDEN

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THE FENCER

Director: Klaus Härö

Music: Gert Wilden

Klaus Härö’s Miekkailija (The Fencer), a European coproduction which is partly based on true life events of the Estonian sportsman and coach Endel Nelis (1925-1993), is set in the early 1950s and tells the story of a young fencer who arrives in a small Estonian coastal town after fleeing the communist secret police. He becomes a fencing teacher and trains his team to prepare for the all-Soviet schools Championships.

For the filmscore, composer Gert Wilden collaborated with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg.

GOLDEN GLOBE Nominee 2016
OSCAR-Shortlist 2016 Foreign Language Film
Audience Award Arras Film Festival 2015
Estonian Film Award - Tallinn Black Nights FF
German Cinema Award for Peace 2015