New Talent
Feature Film
Drama

Cops

Young and eager police recruit Chris shoots a mentally ill man on duty. He is celebrated a hero, but soon after, traumatic symptoms begin to surface. In a desperate attempt not to be exposed by his tough superior Konstantin, he resorts to excessive violence, in order to hide his trauma and fulfill his dream of becoming an elite cop.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: New Talent, Feature Film
Financing: Nationaler Film
Format: DCP, 92 Min
Release: 21.09.2018
Distribution: FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions: 10.877
Funding Film Institute: 609.518 €
Share of total production costs: 33 %
Television investment: 495.000 €
Festivals & Awards (Selection): Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis: in competition
Funding program: ÖFI
first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service: 31.01.2020
Viewers: 252.000
Film location: Vienna
Shooting time: June - July 2017
Days of shooting: 29
Completion: Spring 2018
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien

Credits

Production: Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH
Producer: Arash T. Riahi, Karin C. Berger
Director: Stefan Lukacs
Script: Stefan Lukacs
DOP: Andreas Thalhammer, Xiaosu Han
Editor: Julia Drack
Sound engineer: Claus Benischke-Lang
Sound design: Sebastian Watzinger
Costume design: Monika Buttinger
Set design: Julia Oberndorfinger, Attila Plangger
Music: Wolfgang Frisch, Markus Kienzl
Cast: Laurence Rupp (Christoph), Anton Noori (Konstantin), Anna Suk (Nicole), Roland Düringer (Heinz), Maria Hofstätter (Marianne)
Production manager: Monika Maruschko
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)