• Documentary

Earth

Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans – with shovels, excavators or dynamite. Nikolaus Geyrhalter observes people, in mines, quarries and at large construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
Digital, 114 Min
Release
17.05.2019
Distribution
Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions
5.844
Funding Film Institute
350.000 €
Share of total production costs
40 %
Television investment
190.000 €
Funding program
ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service
28.03.2021
Viewers
56.000
Film location
Austria, Europe, South America, North America, Africa, Russia
Shooting time
September - June 2016
Days of shooting
60
Completion
Winter 2016/2017
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien
Credits
Production
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Director
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Script-concept
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
DOP
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Editor
Niki Mossböck
Sound engineer
Pavel Cuzuioc, Simon Graf, Lenka Mikulová, Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Nora Czamler
Sound design
Florian Kindlinger
Production manager
Katharina Posch
German Title
Erde
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)