What if a child was your worst nightmare? This 11-minute German horror will haunt you.
Daniel Schmid's actual first feature, made during his (later abandoned) studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), is an attempt at an unusual horror film: A little girl asks an older lady to buy her a cinema ticket. They discover that their names are both Miriam. The precocious girl forces her way into the lady's flat at night and demands a snack and presents. When the impudent child wants to move in with her the next day, the lady asks her neighbors for help.
Acting
Marggraf's silent terror versus Krüger's weaponized innocence.
Direction
Schmid's cramped framing turns politeness into prison.
Director
Daniel Schmid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schmid abandoned his DFFB studies after this—his professor called it 'too commercial,' which is hilarious given it's eleven minutes of pure anxiety.
Made in 1969 West Berlin, the film mirrors real housing paranoia: polite social contracts crumble when literal walls feel porous. The 'guest' as terrorist was a fresh nightmare then.
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