FOG IN AUGUST
by Kai Wessel
synopsis
The first feature film to address the Nazis’ euthanasia programme. Based on Robert Domes’ 2008 eponymous historical novel, Fog In August centres on the authentic life story of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa who was committed to a mental hospital in Sargau in 1942 because of his origins in a family of travellers. However, Ernst soon discovered the truth behind the hospital’s facade and sabotaged its euthanasia programme to help his new-found friends. But his actions did not go unnoticed by the institution’s administration.
international title: | Fog in August |
original title: | Nebel im August |
country: | Austria, France, Germany |
sales agent: | StudioCanal |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Kai Wessel |
release date: | DE 6/10/2016, IT 19/01/2017 |
cast: | Sebastian Koch, Fritzi Haberlandt, Ivo Pietzcker, Henriette Confurius, David Bennent, Karl Markovics, Thomas Schubert, Branko Samarovski |
cinematography by: | Hagen Bogdanski |
art director: | Christoph Kanter, Karin Bierbaum |
music: | Martin Todsharow |
producer: | Ulrich Limmer |
production: | Dor Film, StudioCanal, Collina Filmproduktion GmbH, ARRI Media Film + TV Services, B.A. Produktion GmbH, Ernst Eberlein Filmproduktion |
distributor: | StudioCanal Germany |