• Feature Film
  • Comedy

Love Machine

Georgy, singer of a two-man-band, loses his partner and friend. Broke and with nowhere to live, Georgy then discovers a profitable market niche. He decides to offer himself and his body up to the ladies in return for payment. It´s running smoothly in his new line of work until new complications arise: Georgy falls in love with Jadwiga, a driving instructor. Will he have to decide between love or a job?

Data

Genre
Comedy
Category
Feature Film
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
Digit., 90 Min
Release
01.02.2019
Distribution
FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions
142.754
Funding Film Institute
732.353 €
Share of total production costs
30 %
Television investment
690.000 €
Funding program
ÖFI
first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service
23.10.2020
Viewers
643.000
Film location
Vienna
Shooting time
June - July 2018
Days of shooting
30
Completion
Winter 2018/2019
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria
Credits
Production
ALLEGRO Filmproduktionsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Producer
Helmut Grasser
Director
Andreas Schmied
Script
Silvia Ambrosch-Wohlmuth
DOP
Anna Hawliczek
Editor
Olivia Retzer
Sound engineer
Sergey Martynyuk
Sound design
Manuel Grandpierre
Costume design
Monika Buttinger
Set design
Katharina Haring, Nina Salak
Cast
Thomas Stipsits (Georg Hillmaier), Julia Edtmeier (Gitti Hillmaier), Claudia Kottal (Jadwiga Fiedler)
Production manager
Sophie Heitzeneder
German Title
Love Machine
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)