The Lamp

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Release Date

9/19/2026

Runtime

3 mins

Overview

1924, provincial Germany. Helmut is an office clerk, tired of how difficult it is to be a human. When he sees a lamp in a shop window, he fantasizes about trading places with it, setting him on a path towards freedom from his troubles.

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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A wry, surreal daydream about escaping the weight of ordinary life by imagining yourself as an inanimate object. It's funny in its sadness and oddly tender about the human desire to simply not be.

Mood

AbsurdBittersweetWistfulContemplative

Themes

IdentityFreedomComing apart

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Stylized genre

Structure

Single location

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