© Wolfgang Ennenbach
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Margarethe von Trotta
Fotografia / Photography: Martin Gschlacht
Montaggio / Editing: Hansjörg Weissbrich
Musica / Music: André Mergenthaler
Suono / Sound: Patrick Storck, Gina Keller, Jacques Kieffer
Scenografia / Art Director: Su Erdt
Costumi / Costume Designer: Uli Simon
Interpreti / Cast: Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Resch, Basil Eidenbenz
Produzione / Produced by: tellfilm, Amour Fou Vienna, Heimatfilm, Amour Fou Luxembourg
Coproduzione / Co-produced by: ORF Film/ Fernsehabkommen, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / SRG SSR, ZDF, ARTE
Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Filmfund Luxembourg, FISA Filmstandort Austria, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Filmund Medienstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, BAK, Eurimages, Österreichisches Filminstitut, DFFF, Filmfonds Wien, FISS, FFA, MEDIA Desk Suisse, G+B Schwyzer Stiftung, Land Niederösterreich, Land Kärnten, FOCAL
Distribuzione internazionale / World Sales: The Match Factory
Distribuzione per l’Italia / Distributed in Italy by: Movies Inspired
When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. Though still young, Ingeborg Bachmann is at the peak of her career when she meets the famous playwright Max Frisch. Their love is passionate, but professional and personal friction begins to disrupt the harmony. When Ingeborg is struggling, her friends are there to help, including Hans Werner Henze and the young Adolf Opel, a Viennese journalist and man of literature. They travel to the desert together. On this journey she finds a way back to herself and – above all – to her writing. The film premiered in competition at the 2023 Berlinale.
“Ingeborg Bachmann has long been one of my favourite authors. As a young woman, I even wrote poems myself – but I never showed them to anyone, and I soon stopped. Later, I frequently referenced Bachmann in my films, long before I knew I would ever address her life and work directly in this way.” (M. von Trotta)
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta was born in 1942 in Berlin. Director and scriptwriter, she has been referred to as a ‘leading force’ of the New German Cinema movement and one of Europe’s leading female directors. Her films, which often centered around strong female protagonists and women in context of history, premiered at the most important international film festivals and were honored around the world. In 2022 she received the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Selected filmography
1975 Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (Il caso Katharina Blum / The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum diretto con / directed with Volker Schlöndorff) 1978 Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages (Il secondo risveglio di Christa Klages / The Second Awakening of Christa Klages); 1981 Die bleierne Zeit (Anni di piombo / Marianne and Julianne); Premi / Awards: Venezia, Mostra del cinema – Leone d’Oro / Venice FF – Golden Lion 1986 Rosa Luxemburg (Rosa L.); Premi / Awards: Cannes – Migliore attrice / Best Actress 1990 Die Rückkehr (L’africana / The African Woman) 1993 Il lungo silenzio (Zeit des Zorns / The Long Silence) 2003 Rosenstrasse; Premi / Awards: Venezia, Mostra del cinema – Migliore attrice / Venice FF – Best Actress 2012 Hannah Arendt 2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste (Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert)
