EGON SCHIELE
a film by Dieter Berner
World Premiere: Zürich International Film Festival 2016
Austria/Luxembourg 2016 // color // 108 min // dolby digital
Synopsis
At the beginning of the 20th Century Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna.
His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end. Two women will have a lasting impact on him – his sister and first muse Gerti, and 17 year old Wally, arguably Schiele’s one true love, immortalised in his famous painting ‘Death and the Maiden’. Schiele’s radical paintings scandalise Viennese society while daring artists like Gustav Klimt and art agents alike are sensing the exceptional.
But Egon Schiele is also prepared to go beyond his own pain and to sacrifice Love and Life for his Art.
| Written by | Hilde Berger, Dieter Berner |
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| Directed by | Dieter Berner |
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| Camera | Carsten Thiele |
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| Music | André Dziezuk |
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| Costume Design | Uli Simon |
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| Production Design | Götz Weidner |
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| Hair & Make Up Design | Béatrice Stephany |
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| Editor | Robert Hentschel |
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| Script | Nadia Masri |
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| Light | Helder Loureiro da Silva |
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| Sound | Philippe Kohn |
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| Sound Editing | Francois Dumont |
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| Sound Mixer | Michel Schillings |
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| Casting Austria | Eva Roth |
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| Casting Luxembourg | Bady Minck |
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| Line Producers | Johanna Scherz, André Fetzer |
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| With | Noah Saavedra, Maresi Riegner, Valerie Pachner, Marie Jung, Luc Feit, André Jung, Elisabeth Umlauft, Larissa Aimée Breidbach, Thomas Schubert, Daniel Sträßer, Josiane Peiffer, Cornelius Obonya, Nina Proll, Steve Karier, Raoul Albonetti, Frédéric Frenay |
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| Supported by | Film Fund Luxembourg, Österreichisches Filminstitut, FISA, Filmfonds Wien, Kultur Niederösterreich, Eurimages, ORF |
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| Producers | Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu |
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| Co-Producers | Ulrich Seidl |
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| Production | Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg |
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| Co-Production | Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion |
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| Distribution Austria | Thim Film |
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| Worldsales | Picture Tree International |
Awards & Nominations
Nomination for the Best Feature Film from a Coproduction @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Nomination for the Best Interpretation - Marie Jung as Edith Harms @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Nomination for the Best Creative Contribution Feature or Documentary - Costume Design from Uli Simon @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Nomination for the Best Creative Contribution Feature or Documentary - Make Up from Béatrice Stephany @ Letzebuerger Filmpräis 2018
Best Actress in a main role for Valerie Pachner @ Austrian Film Awards 2017
Nomination for the Best Feature Film @ Austrian Film Awards 2017
Nomination for the Best Director @ Austrian Film Awards 2017
Nomination for the Best Screenplay @ Austrian Film Awards 2017
Nomination for the Best Actress in a main role for Maresi Riegner @ Austrian Film Awards 2017
Prize for the Best Screenplay for a Feature Film @ Romy Awards 2017
Prize for the Best Production of a Feature Film @ Romy Film Awards 2017
Prize for the Best Actress in a main role for Valerie Pachner @ Romy Film Awards 2017
Prize for the Best upcoming Actor for Noah Saavedra @ Romy Film Awards 2017
"New Faces Award" for Noah Saavedra - awarded by magazine "Bunte"
Festivals
Zürich International Film Festival, Switzerland, 22. September - 2. October 2016, World Premiere on the 26.09
Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, 6. - 15. October 2016, Asian Premiere, Section World Cinema
Mill Valley Film Festival, USA, 6. - 16. October 2016, North-American Premiere on the 15.10.
FilmFest Prag, Brno, Pilsen, Czech Republic ,19. October - 3. November 2016, Czech Premiere
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine, 22.-30. October 2016, Ukraine Premiere
Goa International Film Festival of India November 2016, India, Indian Premiere
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany, 25. - 30. October 2016, German Premiere
Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film, Austria, 28. March - 2. April 2017
Chicago European Union Film Festival, USA, 3.-30. March 2017
Nashville Film Festival, USA, 20.-29. April 2017
Austrian Film Week, Ukraine, 20. April 2017
New Austrian Film Festival, Moscow, Russia - 19. - 23. April 2017
Espoo Cine International Film Festival, Finland, 5.-14. May 2017
Austrian Cultural Forum, Armenia, June-September 2017
New Austrian Cinema FF Krasnodar, Russia, 21.-25. June 2017
Sotto le stelle dell'Austria FF, Italy, 27. June -12. July 2017
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, 13.-23. July 2017
New Austrian Cinema FF Nishny Novgorod & Voronezh, Russia, September - November 2017
Portland German Film Festival, USA, 6.-10. October 2017
Goethe Institute LA (German Currents Film Festival), USA, 12.-15. October 2017
San Francisco Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, USA, February 2018
Austrian Filmweek, Israel, February 2018
Festival du film francophone, Greece - 24. March 2018