Finsterworld
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Christian Kracht
- August 30, 2013 (Montréal World Film Festival)
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| Directed by | Frauke Finsterwalder |
| Written by | Frauke Finsterwalder Christian Kracht |
| Starring | Margit Carstensen Sandra Hüller Corinna Harfouch Christoph Bach Carla Juri Jakub Gierszał |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Finsterworld is a 2013 German motion picture cringe comedy drama directed by Frauke Finsterwalder, her debut feature film. Co-written by Finsterwalder and Christian Kracht, it follows interconnected, parallel stories over the course of one day in Germany.
The title Finsterworld is a play on Finsterwalder's surname, which can be translated to English as "from the dark forest (cf forest ~ wood)". It is not to be confused with the Dutch village of Finsterwolde, indeed meaning "dark forest", "dark wood". Finsterwalders ancestry might well be traced back to this village, given its proximity to the German border, the fact that Dutch 'Finsterwolder' also means "from Finsterwolde" and German "wald" has the same root as Dutch "wold(e), woud(e)", common parts of toponyms both in the Netherlands and in Germany.
Cast
- Christoph Bach as Lehrer Nickel
- Margit Carstensen as Frau Sandberg
- Jakub Gierszał as Maximillian Sandberg
- Corinna Harfouch as Inga Sandberg
- Sandra Hüller as Franziska Feldenhoven
- Carla Juri as Natalie
- Johannes Krisch as Einsiedler
- Michael Maertens as Claude Petersdorf
- Dieter Meier as Furrier
- Max Pellney as Jonas
- Leonard Scheicher as Dominik
- Bernard Schütz as Georg Sandberg
- Ronald Zehrfeld as Tom
Production and release
The film was shot at various locations in Bavaria and Tanzania.
Its world premiere was at the 2013 Montréal World Film Festival.[2][3]
It opened in German cinemas in October 2013, in Austria in January 2014 and in Switzerland in March 2014.[4]
Soundtrack
The film features an original score by composer Michaela Melián, singer of the German new wave band FSK, and is bookended by the song "The Wind" by Cat Stevens.
Critical response
The Hollywood Reporter praised its "sophisticated screenplay", "beautiful camerawork" and "very solid line-up of actors".[2] Die Welt called it a "masterpiece".[5]
