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Zweitland

Deutschland Österreich Italien 2023-2025 Spielfilm

South Tyrol, 1961. The northern Italian region with a German-speaking minority is shaken by a series of separatist bomb attacks. Free spirit Paul wants to escape the narrowness and lack of prospects of his little village and study painting in Munich. When his hardliner brother, Anton, becomes a fugitive terrorist, Paul reluctantly puts his own plans on hold to support his brother's wife, Anna, and their little son on the small farm. As ethnic tensions and police repression in the village grow, Paul gets drawn into a downward spiral of violence and toxic masculinity. Anna openly condemns the radicalization of her husband but increasingly clashes with the patriarchal structures of the time. When events spin out of control, Paul must choose between following his dream and standing up against violence and his brother.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Michael Kofler

Screenplay

  • Michael Kofler

Director of photography

  • Felix Wiedemann

Editing

  • Florian Miosge

Music

  • Teho Teardo

Cast

  • Thomas Prenn
    Paul
  • Aenne Schwarz
    Anna
  • Laurence Rupp
    Anton
  • Niclas Carli
    Thomas
  • Francesco Acquaroli
    Lombardo
  • Andrea Fuorto
    Alessandro
  • Roland Selva
    Holzer
  • Fabian Mair Mitterer
    Hans
  • Gabriele Mazzoni
    Brigadier
  • Leo Gapp
    Peter

Production company

  • Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Nina Spilger
  • Wasiliki Bleser

Alle Credits

Director

  • Michael Kofler

Assistant director

  • Peter Fuchs
  • Jannis Skalieris

Script supervisor

  • Silvana Decarli (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Michael Kofler

Director of photography

  • Felix Wiedemann

Assistant camera

  • Stephen Cornacchia
  • David Agha-Rafei
  • Alexander Mitzler

Key grip

  • Beniamino Casagrande
  • Daniel Mahlknecht

Production design

  • Martin Reiter
  • Anne Sommer (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Thomas Kusstatscher

Property master

  • Benedikta Zwerger

Stand-by props

  • Anne Katz
  • Tobias Gollner (Assistenz)

Make-up artist

  • Alisza Pfeifer
  • Tünde Kiss-Benke
  • Barbara Spenner

Costume design

  • Monika Buttinger
  • Oksana Melnychuk (Assistenz)
  • Elisabeth Wendt (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Florian Miosge

Sound editor

  • Clemens Nürnberger

Sound design

  • Niklas Kammertöns

Sound

  • Stefano Bernardi

Sound assistant

  • Lorenzo Misia

Audio mixing

  • Alexander Koller

Casting

  • Lisa Oláh
  • Barbara Giordani
  • Sieglinde Michaeler

Music

  • Teho Teardo

Cast

  • Thomas Prenn
    Paul
  • Aenne Schwarz
    Anna
  • Laurence Rupp
    Anton
  • Niclas Carli
    Thomas
  • Francesco Acquaroli
    Lombardo
  • Andrea Fuorto
    Alessandro
  • Roland Selva
    Holzer
  • Fabian Mair Mitterer
    Hans
  • Gabriele Mazzoni
    Brigadier
  • Leo Gapp
    Peter
  • Eva Kuen
    Köhlerwirtin
  • Joshua Bader
    Heinz
  • Michael Fuith
    Richard
  • Jasmin Barbara Mairhofer
    Brandnerin
  • Caterina Gabanella
    Lucia
  • Markus Schwärzer
    Georg
  • Benno Steinegger
    Brandner
  • Martin Thaler
    Bezirksschuldirektor
  • Helmuth A. Häusler
    Josef
  • Carmen Gratl
    Maria

Production company

  • Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

in co-production with

  • HELIOS Sustainable Films (Bozen)
  • KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production (Wien)
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)
  • Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) (Wien)

Producer

  • Wasiliki Bleser
  • Nina Spilger

Co-Producer

  • Martin Rattini
  • Barbara Pichler
  • Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • Dr. Rainer Kölmel

Unit production manager

  • Marcus Boehnke
  • Dominic Spitaler

Location manager

  • Peter Hohenstatter
  • Petra Tschenett (Motiv)
  • Nick Krause (Set)
  • Marc Dupont-Lavadoux (Set)

Production assistant

  • Daria Akimenko
  • Sandra Cavallaro

Production coordinator

  • Larissa Tretter
  • Charlotte Jülide Hansen

Original distributor

  • Weltkino Filmverleih GmbH (Leipzig/Feldafing)

Funding

  • Business Location Südtirol · Alto Adige (Bozen)
  • ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen (Wien)
  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)

Shoot

    • 17.05.2023 - 17.08.2023: Italien, Trentino-Südtirol
Duration:
113 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.04.2025, 268400, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 30.06.2025, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 04.12.2025

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Zweitland
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) A Land Within

Versions

Original

Duration:
113 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.04.2025, 268400, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 30.06.2025, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 04.12.2025

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/zweitland_25af542e2e034678889c59a733155d35