ICEMAN –The Legend of Ötzi
by Felix Randau
ICEMAN - der Mann aus dem Eis
a film by Felix Randau
Worldpremiere: Locarno Festival 2017
Germany/Italy/Austria // 2017 // 93 min // color
Synopsis
5000 years ago: A man lives with his woman and their children in the Ötztals Alps. He has to leave his family in order to hunt and provide the necessary food to survive. But when he comes back to the hut, he finds his family murdered, the shed burned down and the holy amulet stolen.
Full of rage, he decides to challenge the freezing mountains to find the killer of his family. Surrounded only by ice, he marches on for days, crying out for revenge. But the moment he bumps into his enemy, instead of rage and revenge, he feels an unexpected sense of compassion.
The (possible) history of Ötzi, the Ice-man.
| Written & directed by | Felix Randau |
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| Cinematography by | Jakub Bejnarowicz |
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| Music by | Beat Solèr |
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| VFX-Supervisor | Urs Franzen |
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| Editor | Vessela Martschewski |
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| Production Design | Juliane Friedrich |
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| Make-up & Hair Design | Heike Merker |
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| Costume Design | Cinzia Cioffi |
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| Casting | Emrah Ertem |
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| Production Manager | Peter Hermann |
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| Sound Mixer | Marc Parisotto |
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| Sounddesign | Thomas Neumann |
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| Recording Mixer | Gregor Bonse |
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| Commissioning Editors | Burkhard Altoff (ZDF), Olaf Grunert (ZDF/Arte), Andreas Schreitmüller (Arte), Marcus Ammon (Sky), Heinrich Mis (ORF) |
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| Executive producer | Andreas Eicher, Melanie Möglich, Oliver Rihs |
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| Co-Producers | Maja Wieser Benedetti, Andreas Pichler, Oliver Schündler, Boris Ausserer, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck |
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| Producer | Jan Krüger |
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| With | Jürgen Vogel, Susanne Wuest, André M. Hennicke, Sabin Tambrea, Martin Augustin Schneider, Violetta Schurawlow, Anna F, Axel Stein, Paula Renzler and Franco Nero |
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| Supported by | IDM, Italian Tax Credit, FFF, MBB, DFFF, FFA, BKM, FISA, Carinthia Film Commission |
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| In collaboration with | ZDF / ARTE / SKY / ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation |
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| Production | Port-au-Prince Film, Echo Film, Lucky Bird Pictures, AMOUR FOU Vienna |
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| Worldsales | Beta Cinema |
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| Distribution Germany | Port-au-Prince |
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| Distribution Austria | Filmladen |
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| Distribution Switzerland | Ascot Elite |
Awards & Nominations
Nominierung Bestes Maskenbild Deutscher Filmpreis 2018
Nominierung Beste Tongestaltung Deutscher Filmpreis 2018
Festivals
Locarno Festival, August 2017
Film Festival Hamburg, Oktober 2017
Black Nights Film Festival, November 2017
Kolkata International Film Festival, November 2017
Diagonale Festival des österreichischen Films, März 2018
