THE LEAP 1961

THE LEAP carries visitors from reunified Berlin back to the year 1961. On 15 August 1961 the nineteen-year-old East German border policeman Conrad Schumann leaped over a barbed-wire barrier into the West section of Berlin. This moment was captured by the photographer Peter Leibing. According to Time magazine, the photo of the fleeing policeman is an icon of the 20th century and counts among the 100 photographs that have changed the world. 60 years after the Berlin Wall went up, film director Boris Hars-Tschachotin tells the story of the genesis of the iconic shot from three different filmic perspectives. In the 1960s, there were approximately two million refugees worldwide. In 2021, more than 80 million people have already been forced to leave their homes, their friends and families. Behind every flight lies a fate, a human being.

HOW TO ACCESS

You will need a VR ready PC and an HTC Vive/Pro/Pro 2/Cosmos, Oculus Rift/Rift S/Quest + Link, Valve Index or a Windows Mixed Reality headset to access the experience on Viveport.

ABOUT THE CREATOR

Boris Hars-Tschachotin is a director, writer, producer and installation artist absorbed by his passion for creating imaginary worlds. Boris loves crossing the border between art and science, challenging the ways documentary and fictional stories are told.

CREDITS

SCRIPT / DIRECTOR: Boris Hars-Tschachotin

PRODUCTION DESIGN Christiane Chaboissier

COSTUME DESIGN Gabriele Leuter

MAKEUP ARTIST Uta Spiekermann

CAMERA Christian Möller

VR 360° CAMERA RIG / STITCHING Monserrat Puertolas, Roger Vilaseca

ALEXA OPERATOR / AC Gökhan Balseven

DRONE OPERATOR Jörg Johow

GAFFER Christoph Dehmel

SOUND MIXER Bernhard Joest-Däberitz

PRODUCER Boris Hars-Tschachotin

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Christine Senn

PRODUCTION MANAGER Dorissa Berninger 1ST AD Ben Bischof

LOCATION SCOUT / LOCATION MANAGER Matthias Braun

VISUAL EFFECTS AUTOMATIK VFX BERLIN

VFX SUPERVISOR Jean-Michel Boublil

3D ARTISTS Eran Barnea, Hector Robles Fernandez, James Robson

MATCHMOVE ARTIST Jerry Sells

COMPOSITING ARTISTS Gilberto Arpioni, Daniel Binder, Josef Risling

POST PRODUCTION THE POST REPUBLIC HALLE

MANAGING DIRECTOR UND POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Michael Reuter

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR/RERECORDING MIXER Henry Uhl

EDITOR Daniel McMahon

COLORIST Artem Stretovych

TITEL DESIGNER Martin Eichhorn

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN Jonas Schmidt, Planetenraum GmbH, Berlin

CAST

Anton von Lucke (Conrad Schuman, Bereitschaftspolizist)

Max von der Groeben (Peter Leibing, Fotograf)

Daniel Axt (Manfred Klumm, Polizist)

Birgit Berthold (Berlinerin)

David Bredin (Bauarbeiter)

Mirco Reseg (Heinze, Polizist)

Gustaf Willnauer (Dieter Hoffmann, Kameraman SFB)

VR documentary | Runtime: 18 mins | Platform: Viveport | Compatible headsets: HTC Vive/Pro/Pro 2/Cosmos, Oculus Rift/Rift S

Award nomination: Best Documentary Experience and Discovery Award: Best Debut