• Documentary

Abendland

Filmplakat für den Film ABENDLAND mit einer Satellitenaufnahme von Europa in der Nacht, beleuchtet von Städten, darüber der Text "Manche Dinge sieht man in der Nacht klarer" und "Ein Film von Nikolaus Geyrhalter".

"Abendland" is an observation of Europe at night: Under the cover of darkness, people not only sleep, they also work and play, are born and die. Systems are maintained, many of them protected. A large number of night jobs involve surveillance and exclusion. What kind of Europe is this that we don't let others participate in? Darkness can help us see things more clearly.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
35 mm, 90 Min
Approximate cinema release
01.04.2011
Release
01.04.2011
Distribution
Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions
6.912
Funding program
ÖFI
Film location
Europe
Shooting time
October 2008 - November 2010
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien
Credits
Production
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer
Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer
Director
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Script-concept
Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Maria Arlamovsky
DOP
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Editor
Wolfgang Widerhofer
Sound engineer
Lea Saby, Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Andreas Hamza, Lenka Mikulova, Nicolas Joly, Ekkehard Baumung
Production manager
Michael Kitzberger
International distribution
Autlook Filmsales
German Title
Abendland
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ZDF/3sat