Balance (1990) Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein Oscar Winner

Balance is a German animated film, released in 1989. It was directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein.
The film depicts five individuals living on a small platform floating in space. Whenever one of them moves, the others must do so as well to ensure that the platform does not tip over. The group works cooperatively to maintain a "balance" until one individual pulls a box onto the platform. Since all are curious as to what the box is, the individuals try to inspect the box and their actions disrupt the balance of the platform, and those on it. All but one of the individuals is pushed or falls off the edges of the platform. In the end, the lone individual must maintain a balance with the box, which is well out of reach.
Balance won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1989.


Corto de animación alemán de los hermanos Lauenstein, en el que se representa la interdependencia de los individuos para mantener el equilibrio del sitio que habitan y cómo la aparición de un objeto de deseo puede romper ese equilibrio.

The Academy Award for Balance was only the second time that twins shared an Oscar. The first time that had happened was when Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein were among the winners for Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for Casablanca.
The film was originally commissioned by the band Alphaville for inclusion in their 1990 video compilation Songlines.
The five Balance characters' numbers are 23, 35, 51, 75, and 77. The final remaining character is 23, the only prime number of the group. His end conflict is with number 51.
The climactic "balancing platform" sequence from National Treasure: Book of Secrets was directly inspired by "Balance", which is mentioned in its credits.

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