Shock Head Soul

This cross-media documentary (film, installation and website) explores the life and writings of Daniel Paul Schreber. Now famous as an Outsider Artist, Schreber was a successful lawyer, who in 1893, started to receive messages from God via a ‘Writing Down Machine’ that spanned the cosmos. He spent the next nine years confined to an asylum. This is his story.

Country:

Netherlands,

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

86 minutes

Year:

2012

Director:

Simon Pummell

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Company:

Hot Property Films,

Illuminations Films,

Submarine

Cast:

Daniel Paul Schreber

Sabine Schreber

Dr. Flechsig

Dr. Tauscher

Crew:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Editor

Original Music Composer