Kai Holoch, Stuttgarter Zeitung, March 23, 2002

"Daniel Nocke's eleven minute claymation short opens with a shot of its beefy, lumpy protagonists. As this new world unfolds to the viewer, the "Modern Cyclops" opens his one big eye. The monster, in the guise of an author, is standing on a stage. He addresses his audience with the words "I do believe that I am forced to take a close look at things". Unlike Schwizgebel, Nocke, who is a graduate of the Ludwigsburg Film Academy, is a true narrator. But just as in his succinct, laconic works "Der Peitschenmeister" or "Die Trösterkrise" (which won the Daimler Chrysler sponsorship prize at the Stuttgart Festival of International Animated Film in 2000), you can sense the abyss beneath the surface. "I ate your husband last night" says the Cyclops apologetically to Mrs. Petersen. She reassures him: "Yeah, I thought you had. Terrible really, but it can happen to anyone." What is particularly interesting is the way in which Nocke sends the ancient and the modern, the mythical and the psychological, on a collision course. It is more than just amusing. The unanswered questions created by this collision are disconcerting."

Highest rating "Besonders wertvoll"
and short film of the month February 2002
"Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden"

Best animated film of the national competition, Filmfest Dresden, 2002

Third prize, Cinema Concetta, Ruesselsheim, 2002

Best short film, Filmfest Schwerin, 2002