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Malina

Deutschland Österreich 1990/1991 Spielfilm

Based on the novel of the same name by Ingeborg Bachmann.


The central figure of this unusual triangle is a well-known but nameless novelist. In an interview with a journalist, she claims to "write about the nature of fire with my burnt hand". He does not understand her. No-one seems to understand what she means, not even her partner Malina and certainly not her lover Ivan.


Malina and the woman live in the man′s home like a married couple, but their love seems very platonic. When the woman meets the Hungarian Ivan, she falls passionately in love with him. However, Ivan begins to draw back from the unconditionality of her claims. Malina ignores this passion. The woman suffers nightmares; above all, her relationship with her father repeatedly appears in horror visions. She flees briefly, from Vienna to the region around Salzburg, but in vain. Malina tries to remain reasonable and to keep a cool, analytical head.


The woman′s final crisis begins when she discovers that Ivan has a new a new affair. She becomes entangled in visions of death and her world literally goes up in flames. Neither Malina nor Ivan is aware of this fire. The woman simply disappears between the walls of the flat. Malina removes the last traces of her and we hear her voice, off-stage: "That was murder!"


Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Werner Schroeter

Screenplay

  • Elfriede Jelinek

Director of photography

  • Elfi Mikesch

Editing

  • Juliane Maria Lorenz

Music

  • Giacomo Manzoni

Cast

  • Isabelle Huppert
    Frau
  • Mathieu Carrière
    Malina
  • Can Togay
    Ivan
  • Fritz Schediwy
    Vater
  • Isolde Barth
    Mutter
  • Libgart Schwarz
    Frl. Jellinek
  • Elisabeth Krejcir
    Lina
  • Peter Kern
    Bulgare
  • Jenny Drivala
    Opernsängerin
  • Wiebke Frost
    Schwester der Frau

Production company

  • Kuchenreuther Film GmbH (München)
  • Neue Studio Film GmbH (Wien)

Producer

  • Thomas Kuchenreuther
  • Steffen Kuchenreuther

Alle Credits

Director

  • Werner Schroeter

Assistant director

  • Dana Cebulla
  • Boris Manner

Script supervisor

  • Dolores Glanert

Screenplay

  • Elfriede Jelinek

based on

  • Ingeborg Bachmann (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Elfi Mikesch

Assistant camera

  • Helmut Nocar
  • Gabriella Reisinger

Still photography

  • Thomas Klausmann

Titles / Opticals

  • Sickerts

Lighting design

  • Michael Wagner
  • Stefan Breitel

Key grip

  • Willi Fleischhacker
  • Franz Gründig
  • Max Porupka

Dolly grip

  • Alfred Hiebner

Production design

  • Herta Pischinger

Set design

  • Alberte Barsacq

Set construction

  • Herta Pischinger

Property master

  • Adolf Nurschinger

Stand-by props

  • Monika Moritz

Construction manager

  • Reinhard Binder
  • Josef Neumaier-Schiegl

Make-up artist

  • Ilse Weisz-Stainer
  • Anni Nöbauer (Isabelle Huppert)

Costume design

  • Alberte Barsacq
  • Christine Dietze (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Juliane Maria Lorenz

Assistant editor

  • Andrea Wenzler

Sound

  • Georg Krautheim
  • Vasco Pimentel

Sound assistant

  • Berthold Posch

Foley artist

  • Mel Kutbay
  • Joern Poetzl

Audio mixing

  • Hartmut Eichgrün

Miscellaneous

  • Thilo Grahmann (Technische Leitung)
  • Heiko Rüsse (Technische Leitung)

Consultant

  • Dr. Eberhard Mielke (Rechtsberatung)

Special effects

  • Willi Neuner

Casting

  • Lucky Englander
  • Fritz Fleischhacker

Music

  • Giacomo Manzoni

Conductor

  • Bernhard Fritsch

Music (other)

  • Fritsch & Rüsse Berlin (Berlin) (Musikproduktion)

Cast

  • Isabelle Huppert
    Frau
  • Mathieu Carrière
    Malina
  • Can Togay
    Ivan
  • Fritz Schediwy
    Vater
  • Isolde Barth
    Mutter
  • Libgart Schwarz
    Frl. Jellinek
  • Elisabeth Krejcir
    Lina
  • Peter Kern
    Bulgare
  • Jenny Drivala
    Opernsängerin
  • Wiebke Frost
    Schwester der Frau
  • Lolita Chammah
    Kind
  • David Philipp Kotal
    Ivans Sohn Bela
  • David Salomonowitz
    Ivans Sohn Andras
  • André Müller
    Herr Mühlbauer
  • Idl Graf Kinski
    Graf Altenwyl
  • Sabine Schmeller
    Hausmädchen der Altenwyls
  • Gerhild Didusch
    Antoinette Altenwyl
  • Nicolin Kunz
    Frau mit Revolver
  • Hanno Pöschl
    Briefträger
  • Fritz von Friedl
    Ober Franz
  • Daniela Leupold-Löwenthal
    Zarin Melanie
  • Stefan Hölzer
    Junger Bardos
  • Grete Ölschmüller
    Alte Frau
  • Bernd Stegemann
    Veranstalter
  • Brigitte Antonius
    Directrice bei Braun
  • Sascha Ploner
    Lehrling bei Braun
  • Haymon Maria Buttinger
    Blinder
  • Marika Adam
    Frau des Blinden
  • Stephan Hruza
    Kleiner Pepi
  • Oana Solomon
    Ungeduldige Frau

Dubbing

  • Lisa Kreuzer
    Frau

Production company

  • Kuchenreuther Film GmbH (München)
  • Neue Studio Film GmbH (Wien)

in association with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
  • Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) (Wien)

Producer

  • Thomas Kuchenreuther
  • Steffen Kuchenreuther

Co-Producer

  • Peter Pochlatko

Producer (TV)

  • Christoph Holch

Unit production manager

  • Gerhard Czepe

Location manager

  • Dietmar Hochberger
  • Wolfgang Altendorf
  • Kurt von Vietinghoff (Atelier)
  • Rikolt von Gagern (Assistenz)

Production assistant

  • Werner Fuchs
  • Maja Bauer

Production coordinator

  • Hilde Odelga

Production manager

  • Heidi Huber

Original distributor

  • Kuchenreuther Film GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Berliner Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • Österreichischer Filmföderungsfonds (Wien)
  • Bayerische Filmförderung (München)

Shoot

    • 05.06.1990 - August 1990: Berlin, München, Wien, Dachsteinhöhle, Palais Harrach
Duration:
3435 m, 125 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.01.1991, 65145, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 17.01.1991;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 17.10.1993, 3Sat

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Malina

Versions

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
125 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton

Original

Duration:
3435 m, 125 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.01.1991, 65145, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 17.01.1991;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 17.10.1993, 3Sat

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1991
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Regie
  • Filmband in Gold, Bester Schnitt
  • Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistung
  • Filmband in Gold, Bester Film
FBW 1991
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Bayerischer Filmpreis 1990
  • Produzentenpreis
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