HUNTERS IN THE SNOW
A film by Michael Kreihsl
CAST Ulrich Tukur, Julia Filimonow, Nikolaus Paryla, Johannes Silberschneider, Sophia Gorgi, Justus Neumann, Claudia Martini a.o.
SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTOR Michael Kreihsl
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Oliver Bokelberg
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Christoph Kanter
COSTUME DESIGNER Martina List
SOUND ENGINEER Bernhard J.Schmid
EDITOR Clemens Böhm
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Ulrike Lässer
PRODUCTION MANAGER Gebhard Zupan
PRODUCER Veit Heiduschka
PRODUCTION COMPANY Wega-Filmproduktion
FORMAT 86 min., 35 mm, Colour, Dolby SRD, © 2000
Synopsis
Franz, a copyist at the Viennese Museum of Art History, finds himself struggling increasingly with the degradation and the encroaching influence of capitalism on his environment. He lives apart from his wife and daughter. His work and his involvement with the famous paintings in the Museum exert a huge influence on him: he develops a growing sensitivity to the conflicts going on under the surface of everyday life.
Then, when Franz is denied access to his daughter, the pressure mounts. Even his encounter with Mathilde, a supermarket employee whom he meets at the Museum, is not able to stem his growing unease and anger. Franz increasingly experiences the seemingly banal changes in his surroundings as a personal threat and destruction of his personal world: a parked bus with its motor running, the closure of the familiar delicatessen in his district, the increasing amount of space taken up by advertising hoardings across his street. Franz reacts, leading to an escalation of conflict. In the end he is hunted down as a criminal by the authorities…
