LOST GOD: About the movie

In 1988, Spörri travels to Egypt. During his adventurous stay, he meets an old tomb robber who knows more about the pyramids than many an Egyptologist. At the end of the meeting, the Arab gives the Swiss a glimpse of his family treasure, which includes a gruesome relic. Spörri is shocked and fascinated at the same time, because the relic is apparently the mummified finger of a man-like giant, as they appear in ancient sagas, legends, apocrypha and in the Bible.
For more information, see the section: Mystery Research.

Gregor Spörri and the relic of Bir Hooker.
Spörri with the mummified finger of a human-like giant / Nephilim (Bir Hooker 1988)
The giant finger with Egyptian 20-pound banknote for size comparison (1988).
The giant finger. For size comparison with Egyptian 20 pound note (1988).

The mysterious ‘biblical’ giants never let go of Spörri. The urge to explore was awakened in him. Over the decades, he returned to Egypt again and again and also went in search of clues in more distant countries.

Gregor Spörri explores the pyramids of Teotihuacán.
Gregor Spörri explores the pyramids of Teotihuacán.
Gregor Spörri surveying a huge burial tub in the caves of Huang Shan, Blumenberg, China.
Surveying of a huge burial tub. Clearly too big for people
Measurement Rock Chamber Cheops Pyramid Great Pyramid of Cheops.
Gregor Spörri measure the rock chamber deep under the Great Pyramid

Over the years, he accumulates more and more material on his research. Spörri would like to publish his research results in a non-fiction book, but too many questions remain unanswered for a serious publication, so he leaves it alone.
The well-known dark art artist and alien creator H.R. Giger is fascinated by Spörri’s material and advises him to process his theses and ideas into a fictional story.

Alien creator Hansruedi H.R. Giger with Gregor Spörri.
Alien creator H.R. Giger with Gregor Spörri at his Mad Max Club in Basel (2000)

Spörri accepts the challenge. In the following 25 years, four versions of his story appear: The Iron World and LOST GOD (1995, 2012, 2017, 2020). His niche novel based on the paleo-SETI thesis polarizes, because its content is strikingly different from the usual mainstream of the mystery and end-times genre.

The Iron World. Mystery short story. Issues 1995 to 2006.
THE IRON WORLD: Gregor Spörri's mystery short story. Manuscript (1995) and booklet edition (2006).
Author Gregor Spörri signing his novel LOST GOD.
Author Gregor Spörri signing his novel LOST GOD (2012)
Gregor Spörri, author of LOST GOD.
Author Gregor Spörri with the German and English paperback edition of the End Times Chronicle: LOST GOD (2018).

Over the years, the author receives numerous letters asking him to bring the story to the big screen. Spörri has a hard time with the idea because his novel contains a lot of material that cannot be filmed. Nevertheless, by 2018, various sketches, models and a first screenplay are created, which, as suspected, does not work. In addition, test shots for a trailer are shot, etc.

Gregor Spörri with Dietmar Wunder and Kai Lüftner at the Word recording studio in Berlin.
Kai Lüftner, Gregor Spörri and Dietmar Wunder during sound recording at Studio Word in Berlin (2010)
LOST GOD Movie Model Making.
Gregor Spörri working on a test model for a scene from LOST GOD
Sketches and spaceship models for LOST GOD.
Various sketches and spaceship models for LOST GOD (2017)
Lost God Movie Team Trailer Grave Robber Scene.
Gregor Spörri and the film team discussing the shooting of the grave robber scene
Lost God Movie: Trailer Grave Robber Scene 2015.
Gregor Spörri and Staff Grave Robber Shooting for LOST GOD Trailer

Because the novel versions from 1995 to 2020 do not work as a film template and are altogether too extensive, the author decides to shorten the story significantly, move it further into the future and rewrite it in places for a wider audience. In the end, there is still enough material for a gripping dramatic film in two parts.

At the end of March 2021, the first script for Part 1 will be ready. It bears the working title: LOST GOD – The Prophecy.

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