Germany. A Winter's Tale.

by Jan Bonny

Germany. A Winter's Tale.

Synopsis

Becky, Tommi and Maik are a three-headed rightwing terror cell, which lives underground and dreams of nationwide attention. Entangled in a complex relationship
of love, hate and friendship their path of destruction leads to a series of violent crimes. Their ostensible values like honor, pride and loyalty increasingly suffer a loss of meaning.

Director

Jan Bonny was born 1979. He studied at KHM Cologne, Binger Amsterdam and Torino Filmlab. His first short 2nd and A premiered in Hofer Filmtage (2004). His debut feature film Counterparts (2008) premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, other films include Der Tod macht Engel aus uns allen (2012, TV) and Über Barbarossaplatz (2014, TV). Jan Bonny had festival screenings in Cannes, Berlin, München, Busan, Shanghai, Oberhausen. Collaborations on experimental films with Alex Wissel, Single (2014) and Rheingold (2016), screened in Haus der Kunst München, kestnergesellschaft, mumok Vienna, Kölnischer Kunstverein and others. In 2018 Bonny created a new version of Rheingold with Volksbühne Berlin. WINTERMÄRCHEN is his second feature film.

DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY

2018 Germany. A Winter’s Tale (Wintermärchen)
2007 Counterparts (Gegenüber)

Cast

Thomas Schubert
Ricarda Seifried
Jean-Luc Bubert
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Lars Eidinger
MerleWasmuth
Paul Faßnacht
AlexWissel
JudithBohle
Mats Thiersch
Franziska Hartmann

Crew

Director: Jann Bonny
Screenplay: Jan Eichberg, Jan Bonny
Cinematographer: Benjamin Loeb
Editing: Stefan Stabenow, Christoph Otto
Production Design: Julia Maria Baumann
Costume Design: Ulrike Scharfschwerdt
Make-Up and Hair: Skadi Lesske
Music: Lucas Croon
Sound: Christoph Schilling
Mix: Matthias Schwab
Sound Design: Matz Müller
Junior Producer: Maike Drinhausen
Line Producer: Sascha Verhey
Production Manager: Anette Schilling
Producer: Bettime Brokemper

Technical Data

format DCP / colour / 2.39:1 / 5.1
length 124 min.
original languages German

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