Titus Leber

KINDERTOTENLIEDER 1976, 16mm, 35min. (SONGS on the DEATH of CHILDREN)

Based on a free interpretation of Gustav Mahler´s Song Cycle by the same name and a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, this multiple award winning film is a striking example of Titus Leber´s approach to visualise classical music. Using his so called “multi-layer-method” to superimpose several image layers the author takes us in a dream-like lamentation-quest of a mother's winter-journey searching for her child who has been carried off by the Angel of Death.


  • Espiga de Oro for best short Film- Semana Internacional del Cine- Valladolid
  • Grand Prix Musique et Image- Festival du Film d´Art- Paris 1977
  • Prix Spécial Moyen et Court Métrage Cannes- Paris, Festival de la Colombe d´Or, 1978
  • Prix du Public- Besancon- Festival International de Musique et de Danse
  • Austria´s nomination for the Academy Awards in the category of best Short Film