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LEGEND OF HELL
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Completed - ENGLISH - Horror, Fantasy, Action/Adventure - 82 minutes

Log Line

Selma dies in her fist life because she opened the gate of hell. Now, in her second, astral life, she has to close the gate...

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Debut)
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Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Olaf ITTENBACH
Writer(s) : Olaf ITTENBACH
Cast : Martina ITTENBACH

Producer(s) : Marc FEHSE

Synopsis

Selma, an archaeologist, 38 years old, discovers during excavations in Morrokko a 5000 year old Portal, which door is locked from the inside by a strange mechanism. She also finds an ancient card, written in a secret language which isn’t spoken since over 3000 years.
A short time later, Gabriel Moses, a pretended art dealer wants to buy the ancient card. An argument between him and Selma escalates and Selma gets killed in a shootout.
Suddenly, she finds herself in medieval time and fortuitous gets one of three secret amulets which she is losing quickly again to one of Moses’ thugs. Selma gets killed again.
From now on, the world seems to change rapidly in a supernatural way. She finds herself in the astral world, a dimension in the beyond. Horrifying creatures appear and try to kill Selma again, the landscapes seem to change more and more unrealistic until a dark skinned man appears, leading her away from those monsters to the guides Elias and Luise.
He explains, that Selma returned to her first earthly life, to close the door to hell. She gave her amulet to Moses. In her second life in 2009, she found the portal – the door to hell.
David himself lost 2600 years ago one Amulet to Moses and also did Luise in early medieval time. Moses became invincible. The card tells, that those three amulets are building a key which can unlock the gate to hell.
Selma has to find the reminding on her life, she was living in the year 2009 and where she hides the card. A long way leads them through the precipice of hell to arrive at the place where card is hidden to destroy it. The closer they get to their destination, they have to realise that Moses already opened the gate to hell…..

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Country(ies) : GERMANY

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