in general Feature Film, A 2012
Genre Drama
lengtH 111 Min
Original version Deutsch
A production of Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion and coop 99.
In co-production with Lotus Film.
With financial support of
Austrian Film Instiute (ÖFI), Filmstandort Österreich (FISA), ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Vienna Film Fund (FFW), Land Niederösterreich, MEDIA
Synopsis
At the end of his life, Wilhelm Reich - psychiatrist and experimental scientist searching for the fundamentals of life - finds himself on trial, charged with deception. His dream of liberating human individuality makes him a dangerous opponent of an American system that is striving after 1945 for global hegemony, using all available means. Was it madness to believe in man's liberty or was Reich simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and being a holistic global thinker, accurately observing far-reaching socio-political linkages? Ten years after his mysterious death, his writings, once burnt by the US FDA, become an important source of inspiration for a '68 generation in revolt.
Klaus maria brandauer Wilhelm Reich
julia jentsch Eva Reich
jamie sives Hamilton
jeanette hain Ilse Reich
birgit minichmayr Aurora
kenny doughty Paul
gary lewis Dr. Cameron
max deacon Thomas W. Hartford
Shaun Nicholas Aylward Peter
Michael J. Shannon Judge Clifford
MARKUS SCHLEINZER Agent Klein
DAVID RESCHE Public prosecutor Mr. Hills
written and directed by Antonin Svoboda
dop Martin Gschlacht
production designer Katharina Wöppermann
costume design by Tanja Hausner
make up design by Sam Dopona
production sound mixer Odo Grötschnig
Casting by Lisa Oláh
edited by Oliver Neumann
original music Bernd Jungmair & Stefan Jungmair
SOUNDDESIGN UND re-recording Thomas Pötz
executive producer Gottlieb Pallendorf
co-producers Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn
line producer Johanna Scherz
producers Antonin Svoboda, Martin Gschlacht, Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr
Austrian cultural forum london 2013, London UK
san francisco jewish film festival 2013, San Francisco USA
sehenswert ökf 2013, Budapest Hungary
international film festival fort lauderdale 2013, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
art film fest 2011, Bratislava
durres international film summerfest 2011, Durres, Albania
international split film festival 2011, Split, Croatia
INT'L CINEMATOGRAPHERS' FILM FESTIVAL OSTRAVA KAMERA OKO 2011, Ostrava, Czech Republic
BFI london film festival 2011, London UK
goldern rooster film festival 2011, Hefei, China
das filmfest 2011, 5 Villes, Czech Republic
Berlin & Beyond film festival 2011, San Francisco, USA
sao paulo int'l film festival 2011, Sao Paulo, Brasilien
Worldpremiere:
28th October 2012 at the 50th Viennale
CINEMA RELEASE DATE (AT): 18th January 2013
Distribution Austria:
FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Mariahilfer Straße 58/7
A-1070 Vienna
Tel.: + 43 1 523 43 6200
Fax. +43 1 526 47 49
Email: office@filmladen.at
www.filmladen.at
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