Die Lebenden

Österreich Deutschland Polen 2011/2012 Spielfilm

Summary

The Dead and the Living

25-year-old Sita lives in Berlin, where she studies German literature. On the side, she shoots video portraits of casting show participants. One night, Sita ends up in the studio of Israeli photographer Jocquin. There's something about him which deeply moves Sita, and she can't forget him. To attend her beloved grandfather's 95th birthday, Sita travels to Vienna, where also her father Lenzi resides with his new wife and their little son. The night after the big party, Sita discovers an old picture of her grandfather in her father's apartment: on the photograph he's wearing a SS uniform. Against her father's will, Sita begins to investigate her granddad's past. She soon must realize, that both her grandfather and father have kept many secrets from her.

A document from an archive in Vienna leads her to Poland. In Warsaw, Sita not only finds more important documents, but also makes the acquaintance of Silver, an American political activist, who helps her on her search. Sita gets more and more entangled in her family's history. On her journey into the past, she meets Jocquin again. Sita realizes that it is not about to get rid one's guilt, but to take responsibility for others.

 

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Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Cast

All Credits

Director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Director of photography

Lighting design

Production design

Property master

Stand-by props

Make-up artist

Costume design

Editing

Sound design

Sound assistant

Sound mixer

Audio mixing

Casting

Cast

Unit production manager

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 12.10.2011 - 13.12.2011: Berlin, Wien, Warschau, Siebenbürgen (Rumänien)
Duration:
112 min
Format:
1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.04.2013, 138167, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 2012, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Uraufführung (ES): September 2012, San Sebastián, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 30.05.2013

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE AT) Die Lebenden
  • Arbeitstitel (DE AT) Die Lebenden und die Toten
  • Titelübersetzung (US) The Dead and the Living

Versions

Original

Duration:
112 min
Format:
1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.04.2013, 138167, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 2012, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Uraufführung (ES): September 2012, San Sebastián, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 30.05.2013