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Elixir

Deutschland Australien 2013-2015 Spielfilm

André Breton lives in the Glasshouse, an old factory in which provocative artists have had their studios for the last 15 years. But, located in the middle of Berlin, the Glasshouse is endangered and under threat of gentrification. The old solidarity of the artists' commune begins to unravel. André has lost his confidence and is grieving over the death of his closest friend, the novelist Jacques Vache. During one of his wanderings through the city he picks up Bosnian waif and stray, Lexia, who appears to him first as a fallen angel and perhaps also as a saviour. At the same time Tristan Tzara, who has been missing in action for years, turns up at the Glasshouse to give the unravelling group a new goal: a spectacular attack on a fashion show by Malcolm McLaren during Berlin Art Week. An altercation breaks out about the definition of the group, escalates during further arguments about erotic territorial rights, art and commerce, underground and hype. Ultimately the poison of betrayal threatens to destroy this small universe.

Source: 65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Brodie Higgs

Screenplay

  • Brodie Higgs
  • Anya Watroba

Director of photography

  • Michał Englert

Editing

  • Suresh Ayyar

Music

  • Daniel Wohl

Cast

  • Swann Arlaud
    Andrè
  • Natasha Petrovic
    Lexia
  • Sebastian Pawlak
    Tristan
  • Stipe Erceg
    Malcom McLaren
  • Peter Barron
    Richard
  • Alexander Coggin
    Clem
  • Mateusz Kościukiewicz
    Louis
  • Jérémie Lippmann
    Ray
  • Sebastian Urzendowsky
    Desnos
  • Annika Kuhl
    Philipe

Production company

  • Elixir Films GmbH (Berlin)
  • Elixir Films pty Ltd. (Sydney)

Producer

  • Brodie Higgs
  • Paul Zischler
  • Susanne Mann
  • Rezso Bodonyi
  • Stuart Scowcroft

Alle Credits

Director

  • Brodie Higgs

Assistant director

  • Chris Tromboukis

Script supervisor

  • Silke Engelhardt

Screenplay

  • Brodie Higgs
  • Anya Watroba

Director of photography

  • Michał Englert

Assistant camera

  • Christian Graf

Steadycam operator

  • Markus Kuballa

Lighting design

  • Mathias Stiehler

Gaffer

  • Florian Wolf
  • Clemens Kirchner
  • Vitali Kunath

Key grip

  • Markus Kuballa

Production design

  • Sebastian Soukup

Set dresser

  • Sandra Wortmann

Set design

  • Tom Hecker

Stand-by props

  • Oliver Kuhlmann

Make-up artist

  • Annett Schulze
  • Anna von Gwinner

Costume design

  • Juliane Maier

Costumes

  • Theresa Anna Luther

Editing

  • Suresh Ayyar

Sound design

  • Robert Mackenzie

Sound

  • Frank Tenge

Sound assistant

  • Christopher Tartler

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Martin Goeres

Casting

  • Tanja Schuh

Music

  • Daniel Wohl

Cast

  • Swann Arlaud
    Andrè
  • Natasha Petrovic
    Lexia
  • Sebastian Pawlak
    Tristan
  • Stipe Erceg
    Malcom McLaren
  • Peter Barron
    Richard
  • Alexander Coggin
    Clem
  • Mateusz Kościukiewicz
    Louis
  • Jérémie Lippmann
    Ray
  • Sebastian Urzendowsky
    Desnos
  • Annika Kuhl
    Philipe
  • Hildegard Schroedter
    Polizistin
  • Carsten Strauch
    Polizist
  • Lise Risom Olsen
    Assistentin
  • Robert A. McPherson
    Rene

Production company

  • Elixir Films GmbH (Berlin)
  • Elixir Films pty Ltd. (Sydney)

in co-production with

  • zischlermann filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin/Dresden)

Producer

  • Brodie Higgs
  • Paul Zischler
  • Susanne Mann
  • Rezso Bodonyi
  • Stuart Scowcroft

Executive producer

  • Stephen Higgs

Unit production manager

  • Thomas Rohde

Location manager

  • Ingo Schlösser
  • Bernd Reinink
  • Robin Nickel (Motiv)
  • Tim Wustrack (Set)

Production coordinator

  • Ann-Kathrin Weddige

Shoot

    • 02.12.2013 - 29.01.2014: Berlin
Duration:
111 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 12.02.2015, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Elixir

Versions

Original

Duration:
111 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 12.02.2015, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/elixir_