EGON SCHIELE: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
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 |