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Nachtzug nach Lissabon

Deutschland Schweiz Portugal 2012/2013 Spielfilm

Night Train to Lisbon

Raimund Gregorius is a Latin teacher from Berne. When he encounters a book by the Portuguese poet and doctor Amadeu de Prado, he drops everything and takes the night train to Lisbon. He is determined to find out more about this writer who appears to have been obsessed by the very same questions that plague him: the purpose of human deeds and the unrealised potential of each and every life. His restless quest across Lisbon uncovers a contradictory portrait of a clever and brave yet conflicted man who lived at the time of Salazar’s dictatorship.

Amadeu is the son of a conformist judge. His closest friend is Jorge, the son of a persecuted officer from the opposition. Their friendship almost comes to an end when Amadeu is obliged to follow his oath and save the life of one of the regime’s thugs. But then he too is forced to go underground. There he meets and falls in love with the beautiful and intelligent Estefania – who also happens to be Jorge’s girlfriend … As Gregorius pieces together the writer’s puzzling life, his investigations become a journey of self-discovery.

"Night Train to Lisbon" is the screen adaptation of Pascal Mercier’s best-selling novel.

Source: 63. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Bille August

Screenplay

  • Ulli Herrmann
  • Greg Latter

Director of photography

  • Filip Zumbrunn

Editing

  • Hansjörg Weißbrich

Music

  • Annette Focks

Cast

  • Jeremy Irons
    Raimund Gregorius
  • Mélanie Laurent
    Junge Estefania
  • Jack Huston
    Amadeu de Prado
  • Martina Gedeck
    Mariana
  • August Diehl
    Jorge O‘Kelly, jung
  • Tom Courtenay
    Joao Eca, älter
  • Bruno Ganz
    Jorge O‘Kelly, älter
  • Lena Olin
    Estefania, älter
  • Beatriz Batarda
    Adriana, jung
  • Marco D'Almeida
    Joao Eca, jung

Production company

  • Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion GmbH (Hamburg)
  • C-Films AG (Zürich)

Producer

  • Günther Russ
  • Kerstin Ramcke
  • Peter Reichenbach
  • Michael Lehmann
  • Michael Steiger

Alle Credits

Director

  • Bille August

Assistant director

  • Guy Travers

Script supervisor

  • Gabriele Mattner

Screenplay

  • Ulli Herrmann
  • Greg Latter

based on

  • Peter Bieri (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Filip Zumbrunn

2nd Camera unit

  • Sebastian Meuschel

Steadycam operator

  • Sebastian Meuschel

Lighting design

  • Peter Demmer

Production design

  • Augusto Mayer

Make-up artist

  • Jekaterina Oertel
  • Linda De Vetta

Costume design

  • Monika Jacobs

Editing

  • Hansjörg Weißbrich

Sound

  • Raoul Grass

Sound assistant

  • Andreas Otto

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Marcel Stucki

Casting

  • Jeremy Zimmermann

Music

  • Annette Focks

Cast

  • Jeremy Irons
    Raimund Gregorius
  • Mélanie Laurent
    Junge Estefania
  • Jack Huston
    Amadeu de Prado
  • Martina Gedeck
    Mariana
  • August Diehl
    Jorge O‘Kelly, jung
  • Tom Courtenay
    Joao Eca, älter
  • Bruno Ganz
    Jorge O‘Kelly, älter
  • Lena Olin
    Estefania, älter
  • Beatriz Batarda
    Adriana, jung
  • Marco D'Almeida
    Joao Eca, jung
  • Christopher Lee
    Vater Bartolomeu
  • Charlotte Rampling
    Adriana, älter
  • Vanessa Redgrave
    Adriana de Prado
  • Nicolau Breyner
    Da Silva
  • Jane Thorne
    Clotilde
  • Burghart Klaußner
    Richter Prado
  • Adriano Luz
    Mendez
  • Sarah Bühlmann
    Catarina Mendez
  • José Wallenstein
    Pide Agent
  • Jean-Pierre Cornu
    Buchhändler
  • Hanspeter Müller-Drossart
    Mr. Kägi
  • Max Hubacher
    Schüler

Production company

  • Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion GmbH (Hamburg)
  • C-Films AG (Zürich)

in co-production with

  • Cinemate SA (Lissabon)
  • C-Films GmbH (Hamburg)
  • Tele München Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH (München)
  • Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (Bern)
  • Teleclub AG (Zürich)

in association with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)

Producer

  • Günther Russ
  • Kerstin Ramcke
  • Peter Reichenbach
  • Michael Lehmann
  • Michael Steiger

Co-Producer

  • Benjamin Seikel
  • Paulo Trancoso
  • Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber
  • Ana Costa

Producer (TV)

  • Gabriele Heuser

Executive producer

  • Oliver Simon
  • Daniel Baur
  • Kevin Frakes
  • Eric Fischer

Line producer

  • Dieter Stempnierwsky

Post-production

  • Tina Mersmann

Production manager

  • Markus Götze

Original distributor

  • Concorde Filmverleih GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (FFHSH) (Hamburg)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Eurimages (Straßburg)
  • Media Programm der EU (Brüssel)
  • Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA) (Lissabon)
  • Bundesamt für Kultur (Bern)
  • Zürcher Filmstiftung (Zürich)

Shoot

    • 11.03.2012 - 04.05.2012: Bern, Lissabon und Umgebung
Duration:
111 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.01.2013, 136986, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 13.02.2013, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb (außer Konkurrenz);
Kinostart (DE): 07.03.2013

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Nachtzug nach Lissabon
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Night Train to Lisbon
  • Weiterer Titel (PT) Comboio Noturno Para Lisboa

Versions

Original

Duration:
111 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.01.2013, 136986, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 13.02.2013, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb (außer Konkurrenz);
Kinostart (DE): 07.03.2013

Awards

FBW 2012
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
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