Interview with award winning director Erich Steiner (In the Still of the Night)

Erich Steiner’s IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT was the WILDsound July 2015 winner for Best Film.

You can learn more about this film and it’s various festival selections and wins on it’s Facebook Fan Page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the-Still-of-the-Night-In-der-Stille-der-Nacht/630341427029161

Interview with Erich Steiner:

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Erich Steiner: A family, not far away from where I grew up, had killed themselves in 1938. The picture of the father haunted me for quite some time. And then I began to do research on the topic, etc. At the same time, right wing movements had been rising all over Europe during the last couple of years. A frightening development and suddenly I thought: Those things are closer than we think they are.

Matthew: From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

Erich: Three years. The topic is not…