Showdown in Fort Henry - Western Short Film [4K]

Nominated for the Shocking Shorts Award 2019.
Synopsis:
In the abandoned Western town of „Fort Henry“, a man is coldly murdered by three outlaws. An eyewitness, who remains unseen, tries to hunt down the trio on his own.
Year: 2019
Country of origin: Germany
Genre: Western/Thriller
Runtime: 12 Minutes
Crew:
Director & Editor: Alexander Krahl
Screenplay: Max Lorsheijd & Alexander Krahl
Producers: Stephan Liebich, Jochen W. Stephan, Max Lorsheijd & Alexander Krahl
Cinematographer: Robert Feldmann
Music: Michael Donner (www.michael-donner-music.de/)
Sound: Andreas Fuhrmann (worldvoice.de/)
Executive Producers: Hendrik Fuchs, Helge Harzdorf & Bert Wendsche
Cast:
Max Lorsheijd
Rainer Siebert
Achim Benkert
Jochen W. Stephan
Alexander Benkert
We like to thank the "Schützenverein Kötzschenbroda" (www.schuetzenverein-koetzschen..., the "Karl May Festtage Radebeul" (www.karl-may-fest.de/) and the town of Radebeul (www.radebeul.de/).
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11328688...
Facebook: / showdowninforthenry
Instagram: / kc_dc95
#ShowdownInFortHenry

[@KurtMcGowan]

This could be the opening of a Sergio Leone film. Loved the lack of dialogue.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Man, that's one of the biggest compliments you can give me. Thank you very much. His films were of course a big influence. But I would never dare to compare myself to the maestro.

[@timstohr1131]

Ich bin sprachlos. Sprachlos begeistert.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Sprachlos wie der Film :D

[@bushgreen260]

*Very nice twist in the end. The three dudes were bounty hunters and the survivor was the bad guy and so was the first guy they killed.*

[@gaijyn1981]

okay that twist at the end where he’s wanted as well.... that was great!!!

[@MomentsinTimeFilms]

grove ❤❤❤

[@oddquad2010]

What a P.O.S. that kid was!!! Enjoyed the show, well cast and great nonverbal story line. 👍👍 2thumbs up 🤓🤓🤓

[@chrissmichaels]

A fresh concept of story telling. Wow.

[@mariuslovegood1383]

Oscar Nominierung geht raus.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

...an Leonardo DiCaprio

[@mackenzieburgersco.]

Estos shorts son mejores que las películas del lejano oeste.❤🎉

[@foylebutler8952]

great short. hope they make a full leangth movie well done.

[@andiweber8851]

Ich bin begeistert. Spannend, tolle Musik, sehr atmosphärisch. Mehr als gelungen. Bitte mehr davon. Tolle Arbeit!

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Vielen Dank für die lieben Worte. Schon unseren anderen Kurzfilm "Die Einladung" gesehen? :)

[@herrtag381]

trotz dessen, dass ich den schon so oft gesehen habe und beim Dreh dabei war, immer noch ein echt, echt guter Film

[@Legna1826]

Didn't expect the ending. Well played

[@jean-pierreouvrard769]

Very nice photography and light.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Thanks :)

[@oddquad2010]

But the last scene was kinda SICK, dude !!!

[@elixtido1448]

One thing I always liked about cowboys - they're not big on small talk.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Haha, that's true :D

[@DanneyTanner]

Like a silent film

[@peterlankton17]

Der Kurzfilm ist sehr eindrucksvoll! Viele Grüße vom Schänder

[@SunsetSam]

👍👍👍 Super gemacht. Da steckt richtig Spannung drin. Die Geschichte ist auch klasse. Kameraführung und Ton / Musik auch richtig gut gemacht. Gefällt mir sehr. 🤠

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Vielen Dank :)

[@marlinguy1955]

Great cinematography and a fun story. Kind of a bummer to see him loading crimped blanks into his '51 conversion though. And they didn't have Vibrum lugged soles on their boots back then either. But still done well.

[@elixtido1448]

Funny, when I saw the blank laying there I figured it was doing something to jamb the cylinder and was mistakenly thrown into the cartridge box, and why would they add that into the script? There are firearm mistakes in all of these but you cant blame them.

[@nicosogrecos]

I know those things disturb your focus and the mind unlocks from the movie and has to readjust.Still it was well done and I enjoyed it.

[@ShaneM223]

They also didn't convert the brass frames either.

[@Phantomas55]

Hat super viel Spaß gemacht, Originaldrehort kann man in Radebeul bei Dresden im Lößnitzgrund bewundern. Eine kleine Westernstadt, die mit viel Liebe zum Detail erbaut wurde. Vielen Dank für die tolle Zusammenarbeit mit alle Beteiligten, insbesondere an Alex, in meinen Augen ein grosses Talent für die Filmbranche. Viele Grüsse von Joe

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Phantomas55 kann ich nur zurückgeben, Joe 👍 Auf weitere tolle Projekte :)

[@samtaylorjr.9234]

Better than most of the youtube short westerns. But what was the weird smoke/dust/whatever? Very distracting.

[@shotgunwildwest]

Saubere Arbeit, schaue den Streifen immer wieder gern.🤠👍👍

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Das freut uns sehr 🙏

[@shotgunwildwest]

Gut gemachter Kurzwestern, mit viel Liebe zum Detail. Hätte gern mitgespielt!

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Vielen Dank, das freut uns sehr. Wird bestimmt nicht unser letzter Western sein! :)

[@jajablabla]

Das ist dann wohl der erste sächsische Western den ich gesehen hab. Schönes Ding, macht weiter so :)

[@googoobaby2394]

Great short western 😊👏👏👏👏👏

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Always be careful who you're rotin' for.

[@thearchives]

THAT's how you tell a story

[@danroybal3975]

Good Movie Till The End

[@arthursmith5409]

A real and true silent film or no talking needed, western.

[@nellosabato6247]

Great job

[@tillysiar1783]

Ich find es beispiellos, wie ihr die Geschichte allein durch die Handlung darstellt. Wirklich sehr gelungen. Weiter so!

[@mikec-hamilton]

Very twisty.

[@sampierce1012]

the lighting inside was amazing how did you get that effect also was the grain intentionally added or accidently either way it really suits it and it looks amazing.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Thanks for the kind words. :) To be honest the lighting was done guerrilla style. Which effect do you mean in particular? The grain was intentionally added to give it a more grittier, filmic look - just like the Italian westerns of the '60s and '70s.

[@sampierce1012]

@@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT oh i was asking how you got that cool lighting effect it looks so cinematic

[@monikadavid3409]

Wunderschön 😍😏

[@NickHuntMedia]

Grandiose Arbeit mein Freund, weiter so!!!!

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

Vielen Dank, kann ich nur zurück geben :)

[@valeriuantochi6679]

Not everytime happy end.

[@mynoorey5092]

Großen Respekt 👍🏻

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

MYNOOREY Vielen Dank ❤️

[@durasaxon5131]

Unexpected turn of events.

[@bushgreen260]

*Why did the three bounty hunters not look for the second bad guy after killing the first? They must of known he was around, because both bad guys were together.*

[@TheASSedoTV]

I do know the hardships of making movies and I know how it hurts when people spray negative remarks. Having said that I have to express the overall feeling that I have. Mute cowboys looking for a dumb guy, who jumps scared at every little sound, AND he loads blanks into his revolver. These missteps harm otherwise good attempt at a western. Anyway wish you all the best in your future creativity!

[@fredroger4623]

Looked so real getting shot 3rd man walking out of the bar

[@antlerslybster5435]

not short enough

[@JohnEBurns]

Ungt! My Feetar Stained! Yah! You Vant to play viths oont my Sprockets or plays viths unt my litle' Munkey, let's unt Dance,Yah! Blitzen.

[@nicosogrecos]

Cleverly done, this time the good guys lose. The lack of dialogue was the key.

[@Firebrand55]

I'm sure things could have been sorted out over a nice cup of tea and hot scones.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

If only things were always that easy :D

[@stuartkcalvin]

Well! What else can I say?!

[@attorneyreel1181]

So, the "hero" who resisted and then killed the three "bad men" who came to town was himself the worst of the lot, in the end setting about killing a whole family. The three who came to town were likely bounty hunters.

[@KCDC-ENTERTAINMENT]

That was the idea :-)

[@Stantonv]

What kind of man would shoot Larry Tate?

[@Legna1826]

I got that one🤣🤣🤣

[@AamnaIdrisi]

Did he kill the child ?

[@charleskoehler9873]

Why would the bounty hunters sit down for lunch & whiskey and let their guard down, knowing that they still had one of the killers on the loose , probably nearby? That makes no sense.

[@ardendorney3174]

Everybody is so nice and clean…new clothes….c’mon man

[@FrankEiche]

Albern !

[@Hallands.]

This is good for finding anachronisms… Not much else imo

[@syedmohamedsadhiqali5233]

Why do they walk as hydrosol is affected? SQ..

[@gyulakovacs1334]

The sound of the riffles and pistols in these movies terrible .

[@mickthebandit]

Lose the evil laugh. It’s corny as ……….. Oh, and the very obvious BLANK that he dropped 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@newenglandstoneman610]

Sofkee

[@michaelschaefer3124]

Silly…

[@scaniae]

Nice story and acting. But why did you have to ruin it all, by showing the BLANKS you where shooting. ??? I am sooo disapointed with you. Do it again and do RIGHT. !!!!

[@tonyjeff9436]

THIS WAS A WASTE TO WATCH

[@sjalana1]

Pls don't make short western movies like this one.