Synopsis
Motion Picture | Authors: Robert Hültner / Klaus Wolfertstetter | Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller | A co-production with Moviepool
Summer 1780: On the way to Salzburg Emanuel Schikaneder’s theatre group gets held up in a small mountain village on the Austrian border due to a missing performance permit. In this village a dispute between mine owner Paccoli and the rebeling mine workers is escalating.
The situation immediately inspires Schikaneder with the idea for a new play- but before long not only the mineworkers, but also Schikaneder’s performers take to the picket line. This is because Schikaneder seems to care more about spending time with high society than his actors, who the Landlord refuses to feed until Schikaneder pays the outstanding bill.
A hastily put together open air performance by the troupe leads to major disruption….
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Type of Project Feature Film Cinema
Genre Comedy
Production Company gff sued/Munich and Moviepool/Munich in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk/Munich and ORF/Vienna
With backing from FFF Bayern, German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), Business Location Südtirol - Alto Adige (BLS)
Producers Hans W. Geißendörfer, Ernst Geyer
Director Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Screenplay Robert Hültner and Klaus Wolfertstetter
Director of Photography Stefan Biebl
Editor Georg Söring
Production Design Josef Sanktjohanser
Principal Cast Max von Thun, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Nicholas Ofczarek, Maxi Schafroth, Anna Maria Sturm, Erwin Steinhauer, Michael Kranz
Casting Franziska Aigner Kuhn
Format 35mm, color, 1:1.85, Dolby SR
Shooting Language German
Shooting in Vinschgau (South Tyrol), Tittling (Bayerischer Wald), Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic), September - November 2010
German Distributor Movienet Filmverleih/Munich