Gregory Nachmanovitch


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Mannheim (2023), single channel video and sound,  runtime 14:50


Mannheim consists of a series of interwoven 3D animated vignettes. Based on a selection of historical texts, primarily manifestos, by Donald Rumsfeld, Arno Brekker, Cosima Wagner, Elliot Rodger, Yukio Mishima, Petrarch, and others, the film attempts to synthesize these voices through an impressionistic narrative. 

The film was created parallel to a research project into the surprisingly abundant connections between high fantasy and extremist politics. What is it about fantasy as a genre that leads it to be so often co-opted by fascism? How do we untangle the complicated politics behind these stories?

Musician Kevin Eichenberger composed an original score for the film, consisting of a series of string quartets, improvisations, and midi experiments.

Excerpts from Mannheim’s screenplay were published with Do Not Research in 2021, along with selected concept renders.

Full Credits:
directed, written, and animated by Gregory Nachmanovitch
voice acting by Dakotah Weeks Murphree and Mark Fingerhut
color by Dylan Pailes Friedman
sound mixing by Claude Nouk

additional writing by Jack Nachmanovitch
additional graphics by John Irving

score composed by Kevin Eichenberger
Scott Li- Violin
Marija Kovačević- Violin
Javen Lara- Viola
Aliya Ultan- Cello
recorded by Ben Shirken at 59 Speedway


still from Mannheim

still from Mannheim

still from Mannheim

still from Mannheim

Mannheim installed at Alas... 2023 Glasgow School of Art MFA degree show exhibition



a series of screenshots taken inside the 8 different unique game levels in which Mannheim was filmed