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Storyline:
1938, a small village in Sudetenland. The saw mill owner Habermann is the biggest employer in his village and married to Jana, a young and beautiful Czech woman, who is half Jewish. Although Habermann is not interested in politics or ideology, he and his family will be steamrolled by the insanity of World War II…
One-sentence Description:
Based on a true story the film shows a man and his family absorbed by the insanity of war with a historical take on a specific period during World War II, known due to the excessive expulsion of Sudeten Germans in the border between Germany an Czechoslovakia.
Technical:
Year Of Production: 2010
Total Days Of Principal Photography: 39 days
Locations: 8 locations (8-140 km surrounding area of Prague)
Start Of Pre-Production: December 2008
First / Last Day Of Principal Photography: 25 May 2009 / 10 July 2009
End Of Post-Production: January 2010
Length: 104 m
Format: 35 mm, color, cs
Original Version: German
Sound Technology: Dolby SR
1938, a small village in Sudetenland. The saw mill owner Habermann is the biggest employer in his village and married to Jana, a young and beautiful Czech woman, who is half Jewish. Although Habermann is not interested in politics or ideology, he and his family will be steamrolled by the insanity of World War II…
One-sentence Description:
Based on a true story the film shows a man and his family absorbed by the insanity of war with a historical take on a specific period during World War II, known due to the excessive expulsion of Sudeten Germans in the border between Germany an Czechoslovakia.
Technical:
Year Of Production: 2010
Total Days Of Principal Photography: 39 days
Locations: 8 locations (8-140 km surrounding area of Prague)
Start Of Pre-Production: December 2008
First / Last Day Of Principal Photography: 25 May 2009 / 10 July 2009
End Of Post-Production: January 2010
Length: 104 m
Format: 35 mm, color, cs
Original Version: German
Sound Technology: Dolby SR
Content:
Genre: Drama (Feature Film Cinema)
Director: Juraj Herz
Screenplay: Wolfgang Limmer
Novel by: Josef Urban
Director Of Photography: Alexander Surkala
Editor: Melanie Werwie
Production Design: Petr Fort
Music by: Elia Cmiral
Producer: Karel Dirka
Co-Producer: Pavel Novy, Jan Kudela, Veit Heiduschka, Lucki Stipetic, Kai Grueneke
Line Producer: Philip Schulz-Deyhle
Co-Production: Germany, Czech Republic, Austria
Camera: Alexander Surkala
Writer: Wolfgang Limmer
Awards:
Genre: Drama (Feature Film Cinema)
Director: Juraj Herz
Screenplay: Wolfgang Limmer
Novel by: Josef Urban
Director Of Photography: Alexander Surkala
Editor: Melanie Werwie
Production Design: Petr Fort
Music by: Elia Cmiral
Producer: Karel Dirka
Co-Producer: Pavel Novy, Jan Kudela, Veit Heiduschka, Lucki Stipetic, Kai Grueneke
Line Producer: Philip Schulz-Deyhle
Co-Production: Germany, Czech Republic, Austria
Camera: Alexander Surkala
Writer: Wolfgang Limmer
Awards:
- Bavarian Film Award 2010 (BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ACTOR)
- Jewish Eye WFF Israel 2010 (BEST FEATURE FILM)
- Juliusza Burski Award 2011, Lubuskie IFF/Poland (BEST DIRECTING)
- Danny Award 2011, New Hope IFF USA (BEST FEATURE FILM)