Der Bäcker 

HD, 1.5 minutes, black and white, 2016 Directed by Gerald Saul and Mike Rollo.

The Baker is an untitled role played by me in the German Expressionist-style film "Der Glöckner" by Bernie Hi and Chrystene Ells, also completed in 2016. On the set, the mysterious back story of the Baker and the Groom (played by co-director Mike Rollo) became the hot topic of conversation. Even though he was not dressed for the affair, nor was his behavior suited to the event, the Baker was in attendance at the wedding which was interrupted with news of war, drawing the Groom and others to the WWI battlefield. Later, while the Baker is the one to bring back the lifeless body of the Groom from the battle, the Baker is inexplicably missing from the highly emotional funeral scene. How did the Groom die? Why is the Baker there to bring him back? Why does the Baker not mourn? The more we analyzed the events, the more we realized that Ells and Hi must be suggesting that the Baker carries a burden of guilt with him along with the corpse. His role in the death of the Groom who may or may not have been his friend, was certainly his social superior, would never be explained. An eye lost to gunfire is not enough to grant him redemption in these matters, he must travel the world and commit his life to others if he is ever to be forgiven. With military police dogging him, his trek will lead him town to town, never putting down roots, never again finding a home.

Title sequence to "Der Bäcker" features the following song (adapted from Terry Bush):

                     DA IST EINE STIMME DIE MICH IMMER RUFT

There's a voice that keeps on calling me

                     KOMM MIT, KOMM MIT, IMMER WEITER DIE SRASSE ENTLANG

Down the road, that's where I'll always be.

                    UEBERALL, WO-IMMER ICH ANHALTE, TREFFE ICH NEUE FREUNDE

Every stop I make, I make a new friend,

                    ICH KANN NICHT LANGE BLEIBEN - IMMER WEITER, IMMER WEITER

Can't stay for long, just turn around and I'm gone again

                   VIELLEICHT MORGEN WERDE ICH RUHE FINDEN

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down,

                     ABER BIS MORGEN KOMMT, WANDERE ICH WEITER

Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.