New Talent
Feature Film
Drama

Angelo

“Angelo” is the story of an African who is Europeanised by force.
At the beginning of the 18th century, as a child, he is taken from his homeland and, after being sold, given the eponymous name through the sacrament of baptism. The film is a story of becoming human that is marked above all by roleplay and conformity. It is inspired by the few surviving records of the life of the Viennese court moor Angelo Soliman.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: New Talent, Feature Film
Financing: Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format: DCP, 111 Min
Release: 09.11.2018
Distribution: FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions: 11.402
Funding Film Institute: 1.240.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs: 36 %
Share of total production costs: 24 %
Television investment: 570.000 €
Co-production: Amour Fou Luxemburg (LU, 35%)
International funding: Filmfonds Luxemburg
Funding program: ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service: 31.01.2021
Viewers: 89.000
Film location: Vienna, Luxembourg, Styria, Lower Austria, Italy/Belgium
Shooting time: December 2016 - June 2017
Days of shooting: 35
Completion: Winter 2017/2018
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich

Credits

Production: Film AG Produktions GmbH
Producer Austria: Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Markus Schleinzer, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Director: Markus Schleinzer
Script: Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom
DOP: Gerald Kerkletz
Editor: Pia Dumont
Sound engineer: Philippe Kohn
Sound design: Pia Dumont
Costume design: Tanja Hausner
Set design: Andreas Sobotka, Martin Reiter
Cast: Makita Samba (Angelo 4), Alba Rohrwacher (Comtesse), Larisa Faber (Angelo's Frau), Kenny Nzogang (Angelo 2), Lukas Miko (Kaiser), Gerti Drassl (Kindermagd), Michael Rotschopf (Fürst), Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé (Angelo 5)
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)