• Documentary

Auf Ediths Spuren

Tracking Edith tells the story of a socially engaged Austrian photographer who led a double life: as a secret agent for the KGB, Edith Tudor-Hart recruited one of the most famous spy rings of the 20th century and played an important role in facilitating the Soviet Union to build an Atom Bomb. A documentary about a renowned photographer, a spy with a conscience and hidden secrets in a family.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
Digital, 92 Min
Release
31.03.2017
Distribution
Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions
3.106
Funding Film Institute
238.000 €
Share of total production costs
62 %
Television investment
105.000 €
International funding

Nationalfonds, Zukunftsfonds

Funding program
ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service
21.03.2021
Viewers
47.000
Film location
Vienna, UK, Germany, Moskau
Shooting time
Spring 2015
Days of shooting
20
Completion
Winter 2015/2016
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut
Credits
Production
peartree-entertainment gmbh, Transmitter Film e.U.
Producer
Lillian Birnbaum/Roland Hablesreiter
Director
Peter Stephan Jungk
Script-concept
Peter Stephan Jungk
DOP
Jerzy Palacz
Editor
Bettina Mazakarini
Sound engineer
Andreas Hamza
Sound design
Andreas Hamza
Protagonists
Barbara Honigmann, Anna Kim, Wolfgang Thöner, Paul Broda, Julie Donat, Duncan Forbes, Irina Scherbakova et al
Music
Rupert Huber
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)