''Thomas, Thomas'' is a 2010 German short mockumentary film, directed by German film director Corinna Liedtke. The film participated in several German and European film festivals and won a few prizes.

Plot

Wolfgang Weber is a bit unworldly archivist of the city of Castrop-Rauxel. He makes an astonishing discovery while receiving treatment at Thomas Vallomtharayil's

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clinic. 150 years earlier, another Thomas was at work where the clinic stands today: the Irish mining pioneer and

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

legend Thomas Mulvany. This film accompanies the archivist in a documentary style through his research into the astounding parallels between the lives of the two Thomas’, which leads Wolfgang Weber to a striking conclusion: Thomas Vallomtharayil is the reincarnation of Thomas Mulvany.

Awards

*2010: ''Special mention'' at the ''27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival'' in

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, Germany *2011: ''Team Award'' at the German film festival ''24th Stuttgarter Filmwinter''

Background

At first ''Thomas, Thomas'' was only an episode of the German TV movie ''Zeche is nich – Sieben Blicke auf das Ruhrgebiet 2010'', which was produced in the context of

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. The film tells the fictional and non-fictional stories of young filmmakers of their home, the

Ruhr Area The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

. Later ''Thomas, Thomas'' and other episodes of this TV movie were released as self-contained films.

Miscellaneous

*In ''Wolfgang Weber - Ein neuer Fall'' (Wolfgang Weber - A new case) the archivist examines the market place of Castrop-Rauxel, where curiously a lot of accidents happen. *The

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''Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel'' (Wolfgang Weber - New Cases from Castrop-Rauxel) shows new cases of Wolfgang Weber.IMDb-entry of ''Wolfgang Weber - Neue Fälle aus Castrop-Rauxel''
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References

External links

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Thomas, Thomas on Vimeo (with English subtitles
* 2010 films 2010s German-language films 2010 short films German comedy short films 2010 comedy films 2010s German films {{2010s-Germany-film-stub