FREE TO LEAVE
by Peter Payer
synopsis
For a moment the otherwise proper station master Thomas Hudetz is distracted by Anna's flirtatious behavior. This results in a catastrophic train accident with countless deaths. Thomas and Anna lie to escape blame, and this lie about their shared guilt forges their bond , changes and ends yet more lives.
Based on the play "Der Jüngste Tag" by Ödon von Horváth.
| international title: | Free to leave |
| original title: | Freigesprochen |
| country: | Austria, Luxembourg |
| sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
| year: | 2007 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Peter Payer |
| film run: | 90' |
| release date: | AT 18/01/2008 |
| screenplay: | Peter Payer |
| cast: | Frank Giering, Lavinia Wilson, Corinna Harfouch, Robert Stadlober, Alfred Dorfer |
| cinematography by: | Andreas Berger |
| film editing: | Cordula Werner |
| art director: | Elisabeth Klobassa, Christina Schaffer |
| costumes designer: | Uli Simon |
| music: | Andre Mergenthaler, Walter W. Cikan |
| producer: | Erich Lackner, Ursula Wolschlager, Nicolas Steil |
| production: | Lotus Film, Iris Productions |
| backing: | Austrian Film Institute, ORF |
| distributor: | Bavaria Film |
