Feature Film
Drama

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

At the centre of the film is Ingeborg Bachmann, the radical writer and uncompromising woman. The film tells the story of the author’s life in Berlin, Zurich and Rome, her relationship with Max Frisch, her trip to Egypt and her radical texts and readings, which paraphrase the style of her literature and life: “Truth is reasonable for man”.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: Feature Film
Financing: Minority coproduction
Format: Digital Video, 110 Min
Release: 13.10.2023
Distribution: Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions: 34.499
Funding Film Institute: 449.077 €
Share of Austrian production costs: 15 %
Share of total production costs: 5 %
Television investment: 323.961 €
Co-production: tellfilm (CH, 29%), Heimatfilm (DE, 23%), Amour Fou Luxembourg (LU, 23%)
International funding: BAK, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Media Ersatzmaßnahmen in der Schweiz, Eurimages, NRW, FFA, DFFF, Film Fund Luxembourg
Funding program: ÖFI
Film location: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Jordan
Shooting time: March - June 2022
Days of shooting: 41
Completion: Spring 2023
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Kärnten, Land Niederösterreich

Credits

Production: AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH
Producer Austria: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Script: Margarethe von Trotta
DOP: Martin Gschlacht
Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Sound engineer: Patrick Storck
Sound design: Jacques Kieffer
Costume design: Ulli Simon
Set design: Su Erdt
Music: Andrè Mergenthaler
Cast: Vicky Krieps (Ingeborg Bachmann), Ronald Zehrfeld (Max Frisch), Tobias Resch (Adolf Opel)
Production manager: Igor Orovac
German Title: Ingeborg Bachmann - Reise in die Wüste
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), SRF