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EGON SCHIELE: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

by Dieter Berner

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.

international title: Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
original title: Egon Schiele: Tod und Mädchen
country: Austria, Luxembourg
sales agent: Picture Tree International
year: 2016
genre: fiction
directed by: Dieter Berner
film run: 109'
release date: AT 7/10/2016, DE 17/11/2016
screenplay: Dieter Berner, Hilde Berger
cast: Noah Saavedra, Maresi Riegner, Valerie Pachner, Marie Jung, Elisabeth Umlauft
cinematography by: Carsten Thiele
film editing: Robert Hentschel
art director: Hucky Hornberger, Peter Ackermann
costumes designer: Uli Simon
music: André Dziezuk
producer: Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
co-producer: Ulrich Seidl
production: Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, Amour Fou Vienna, Seidl Film Produktion
backing: Eurimages
distributor: Thimfilm GmbH

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