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Silent Residenta film by Christian FroschWeiße Lilien DRAMA | 2007 | A,D,LUX,H | 96 min | German | 1:2,35
Never were apartment blocks more menacing, more inhabited by mystery, fear and control than the bright, white towers of New Town, a self-sufficient "living machine" on the outskirts of place and time... With the help of a motherly friend and colleague, Hannah leaves her violent husband and moves to a higher, and thus socially superior, floor of her building. There her life quickly begins to derail. Why is she being observed by her new neighbors and spied upon by the internal security system? Why did the previous tenant commit suicide? Hannah begins having visions – or are they? – of shooting her husband. She feels that everyone, including her lover, a detective, is conspiring against her. Her only hope is her friendship with Anna, a kind of "negative" of Hannah, who rebels against the all-pervasive control in New Town. But as their two identities begin to merge, and the boundaries between manipulator and manipulated start to blur, paranoia sets in, leading to an explosive collision of reality, dream and violence...
Cast: Brigitte Hobmeier, Johanna Wokalek, Martin Wuttke, Xaver Hutter, Erni Mangold, Günther Kaufmann, Ursula Ofner, Roland Jäger, Gabriel Barylli, Nina Fog
Director: Christian FroschScreenplay: Christian FroschCamera: Busso von MüllerEditing: Michael PalmMusic: Andreas OckertSound: Jörg TheilArt Direction: Giovanni ScribanoCostumes: Alfred MayerhoferLocation Manager: Zepp BerensmeierProduction Management: Igor Orovac, Björn EggertKey-Gaffer: Birger Müller Production: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Alexander Ris, Jörg Rothe, Bady Minck, Peter Miskolzci, Matthias Mücke, Torsten Frehse, Christian Frosch, Kristina Konrad Funding: ÖFI, FFW, ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Filmfund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary, Ministerium für Bildung und Kultur der Republik Ungarn, Media Programme Worldsales: Bavaria Film International Distribution: Polyfilm (Österreich), Neue Visionen (Deutschland) Never were apartment blocks more menacing, more inhabited by mystery, fear and control than the bright, white towers of New Town, a self-sufficient "living machine" on the outskirts of place and time... With the help of a motherly friend and colleague, Hannah leaves her violent husband and moves to a higher, and thus socially superior, floor of her building. There her life quickly begins to derail. Why is she being observed by her new neighbors and spied upon by the internal security system? Why did the previous tenant commit suicide? Hannah begins having visions – or are they? – of shooting her husband. She feels that everyone, including her lover, a detective, is conspiring against her. Her only hope is her friendship with Anna, a kind of "negative" of Hannah, who rebels against the all-pervasive control in New Town. But as their two identities begin to merge, and the boundaries between manipulator and manipulated start to blur, paranoia sets in, leading to an explosive collision of reality, dream and violence...
Festivals:
Toronto International Filmfestival, VISIONS Programme (Canada) 6.09.2007 - 15.09.2007 Pusan International Filmfestival (South Korea) 04.10.2007 - 12.10.2007 Rome Market (Italy) 18.10.2007 - 25.10.2007 AFM (USA) 30.10.2007 - 07.11.2007 39th Hungarian Filmweek, Budapest (Hungary) 29.01.2008 - 05.02.2008 Berlinale Market (Germany) 07.02.2008 - 17.02.2008 Fantasporto Filmfestival (Portugal) 25.02.2008 - 09.03.2008 DIAGONALE Festival des österreichischen Films - Graz (Austria) 01.04.2008 - 06.04.2008 AFI Dallas International Film Festival (USA) 27.03.2008 - 06.04.2008 MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival - Györ (Hungary) 26.04.2008 - 03.05.2008 Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Schwerin (Germany) 28.04.2008 - 04.05.2008 Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney - Emden (Germany) 04.06.2008 - 11.06.2008 Festival des deutschen Films - Ludwigshaften (Germany) 05.06.2008 - 15.06.2008 Europe on Screen Festival - Jakarta (Indonesia) 24.10.2008 - 31.10.2008 Stiges International Film Festival (Spain) 02.10.2008 - 12.10.2008 La Mostra de Valencia (Spain) 14.10.2008 - 22.10.2008 Stadtkino Basel (Switzerland) 20.11.2008 - 27.11.2008
(Right-click and "Save As...") Christian Frosch
Is based in Berlin and Vienna. *1966 Waidhofen/Th. (Austria) Studied at the National German Film School at Berlin (DFFB) 10 Short Films, 4 realised Feature Scripts, a.o. Carl Mayer Award 1998 and 2005, Script 99 Award for „Familienbande“. His first feature film as writer/director was "Total Therapy", which was distributed 2000. His second Feature "K.aF.ka fragment" (2002) won the Special Award of the Jury at Sochi Film festival.
Films (a selection):
“OUR AMERICA” Dokumentary - 2005 / 90min 35 mm Co-Writer with Kristina Konrad Director: Kristina Konrad Production company: Maximage Zurich
“K. a F. ka - fragment” Featurefilm - 2002 / 85 min Writer/director (A, G, CH) Filmfestival Rotterdam „Pearl of the World“ Special Prize of the Jury IFF Sochi Distributed through: Neue Visionen Filmverleih Production company: konradfrosch film Berlin u. hammelfilm Wien
“TOTAL THERAPY” Featurefilm - 1997 / 124 min, 35mm Writer/director Distributed through: Neue Visionen Filmverleih and Polyfilm Wien Carl Mayer script award
“GESCHES GIFT” Featurefilm - 1997 / 92 min, 35mm Co-writer with Walburg v. Waldenfels Director: Walburg v. Waldenfels Production company : Jost Hering Filmproduktion Berlin
“SEASICK ON SOLID GROUND” 1995 / 14 min, 16mm Co- director, co-writer with Kristina Konrad Over 20 Festivals invitations a.o. Intern. Film Festival Rotterdam, Locarno, Oberhausen, Chicago, Madrid
“SISI ON CASTLE GÖDÖLLÖ” Midlength - 1996 / 40 Min, 35 mm Writer/director/co producer A.o. Intern. Film Festival Rotterdam Production company: Jost Hering Filmproduktion Berlin
“POVERTY OF TWIGHLIGHT” Short - 1992 / 12 min, 16mm Writer/director A .o. Wettbewerb Int. Filmfestival Mannheim Production Company: Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Brigitte Hobmeier Born in Munich in 1976, Brigitte Hobmeier ranks among Germany's greatest young stage talents of our time. She studied acting at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen from 1996 to 1999, during which time she was discovered by Peter Stein, with whom she worked closely from 1999 to 2001. From 2002 to 2005 she was a member of the ensemble of Munich's Volkstheater. She has been a member of the Munich Kammerspiele since 2005. For her stage roles she has been awarded a number of prizes, including the Max Ophüls Promotion Award. She made her small screen debut in Tomasz Thompson's "Stiller Sturm" (2000) and her big screen debut the following year in Sören Voigt's "Identity Kills." These roles were quickly followed by appearances in other feature films such as Martin Gypkens' "Wir" (2002), Hans Steinbichler's "Winterreise" (Winter Journey, 2006), Gypkens' "Nichts als Gespenster" (Nothing But Ghosts, 2006) and Markus H. Rosenmüller's "Räuber Kneissl" (2007). She also starred in Rainer Kaufmann's award-winning TV movie "Marias letzte Reise." She was voted Best Actress for her role in "Identity Kills" at the 2004 Mexico Film Festival.
Johanna Wokalek Johanna Wokalek was born in Freiburg and knew as a schoolgirl that she wanted to become an actress. And since she also knew that Vienna was where she wanted to begin her acting career, she applied to the Max Reinhardt Seminar and pursued her studies there. During that time, she made her professional acting debut at the 1996 Wiener Festwochen in "Alma – A Show Biz ans Ende." She also began her film career opposite Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler in Max Färberböck's drama "Aimée & Jaguar" (1997). After completing her studies, she joined the ensemble of the Bonn Theater, where her role in Gerhart Hauptmann's "Rose Bernd" won her the Best Newcomer Actress Award at the 1999 Theatertreffen in Berlin, along with other prestigious awards. She is now a permanent member of the legendary Burgtheater in Vienna. In 2002 she starred in Hans Steinbichler's debut feature "Hierankl," a family drama in which she played the lead role next to Barbara Sukowa and Josef Bierbichler. She was awarded several prestigious prizes for this role, including the Bavarian Film Award for Best Actress. She then appeared in Rainer Kaufmann's acclaimed TV miniseries "Die Kirschenkönigin" (The Cherry Queen, 2003) and starred opposite Til Schweiger in his romantic comedy "Barfuss" (Barefoot), a 2005 theatrical hit. She will soon be seen as Gudrun Ensslin in the Bernd Eichinger production "Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex" directed by Uli Edel. © KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Minotaurus Film, Eurofilm Studio, Neue Visionen Filmproduktion, Weltfilm |
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