• Feature Film

A Whole Life

At the turn of the 20th century, the young orphan Andreas is sent to live with his ruthless uncle on a farm in a remote valley; a valley that Andreas will only leave once in his life. Treated not as family but as a worker, Andreas endures a childhood without affection, full of brutality and hard labour. At the age of 18, he has grown into a strong man and finds work as a woodsman. He works on the construction of an invention: the mountain ropeway. This invention marks the beginning of alpine tourism but is paid for with the many deaths of mountain workers. Andreas is no stranger to hard labour, and now that he is earning his own money, he buys himself a small plot of land with a cabin high up in the valley. He soon finds something he has never experienced before: love.

Data

Category
Feature Film
Financing
Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format
Digital Video, 100 Min
Release
09.11.2023
Distribution
Constantin Film-Holding Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions
46.180
Funding Film Institute
1.040.089 €
Share of Austrian production costs
18 %
Share of total production costs
11 %
Television investment
542.477 €
Co-production

Tobis Film, Magic Media GmbH (DE, 44%)

International funding

IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige, Tax Credit Italien, FFF Bayern, DFFF, FFA

Funding program
ÖFI
Film location
Vienna, Bavaria, South Tyrol
Shooting time
February - July 2022
Days of shooting
38
Completion
Winter 2022/2023
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Cine Tirol
Credits
Production
EPO - Filmproduktionsgesellschaft m.b.H
Producer Austria
Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko
Director
Hans Steinbichler
Script
Ulrich Limmer nach dem Roman "Ein ganzes Leben" von Robert Seethaler
DOP
Armin Franzen
Editor
Ueli Christen
Sound engineer
Max Vornehm
Costume design
Monika Buttinger
Set design
Jurek Kuttner, Marcel Beranek
Music
Matthias Weber
Cast
Stefan Gorski (Andreas Egger 18-47), August Zirner (Andreas Egger 58-80), Julia Franz Richter (Marie), Andreas Lust (Hubert), Robert Stadlober (Wirt)
Production manager
Jeannette Ziemeck, Stephanie Wagner
German Title
Ein ganzes Leben
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)

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