
The Hwak

Mike Bittini, gambler and bon viveur, returns to his brother’s home and family after many years’ absence. There is a reason for this rather unexpected visit: his brother Sandro, a celebrity lawyer, is in a coma – and Sandro’s wife Gloria and the kids Niki (13) and Stefanie (17) are in a state of emergency. Mike decides to help the family in need – but not without an ulterior motive. He creeps into their home like the hawk into a henhouse and thoroughly stirs things up. The Hawk comes to help, causes chaos and eventually finds love.
Data
- aka
- Der Onkel
- Genre
- Comedy
- Category
- Feature Film
- Financing
- Majoritäre Koproduktion
- Format
- Digit., 100 Minuten
- Release
- 06.05.2022
- Distribution
- FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
- Admissions
- 21.464
- Funding Film Institute
- 418.049 €
- Share of Austrian production costs
- 17 %
- Share of total production costs
- 15 %
- Television investment
- 524.124 €
- Co-production
Film House (DE, 14%)
- Funding program
- ÖFI
- first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service
- 06.11.2023
- Viewers
- 391.000
- Days of shooting
- 28
- Funding institutions Austria
- Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Steiermark, Land Niederösterreich
Credits
- Production
- Lotus Filmrechte GmbH
- Producer Austria
- Thomas Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn
- Director
- Helmut Köpping, Michael Ostrowski
- Script
- Michael Ostrowski, Helmut Köpping
- DOP
- Wolfgang Thaler
- Editor
- Alarich Lenz
- Sound engineer
- Dietmar Zuson
- Costume design
- Martina List
- Set design
- Verena Wagner
- Music
- Zebo Adam
- Cast
- Michael Ostrowski (Miki Bittini/Sandro), Anke Engelke (Gloria), Hilde Dalik (Jenny)
- Production manager
- Viktoria Zellner
- German Title
- Der Onkel
- Television investment
- ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
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