• Feature Film

Mein Kampf

As a young artist Hitler wants to prove his talent at the Academy of Art in Vienna. He rents a room and waits for his big day to arrive. He shares his room with two Jewish men: Schlomo Herzl and Lobkowitz. Like him Schlomo Herzl wants to prove his talent as an artist – his aim is to write his own book. Schlomo choses “ Mein Leben” as title for his book but is rejected by his friend Lobkowitz. They come up with a new one: “Mein Kampf”. Hitler is very enthusiastic about it…

Data

Category
Feature Film
Financing
Minority coproduction
Format
35 mm, 90 Min
Approximate cinema release
19.03.2010
Release
26.03.2010
Distribution
FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions
1.169
Co-production

Schiwago Film (DE), Hugo Film (CH)

International funding

Filmförderungsanstalt, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Hessen Invest Film, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Bundesamt für Kultur Schweiz, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Aargauer Kuratorium, MEDIA

Funding program
ÖFI
Film location
Vienna, Zittau
Shooting time
April - June 2008
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut
Credits
Production
DOR FILM Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Producer
Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker
Director
Urs Odermatt
DOP
Jo Molitoris
Editor
Lilo Gerber, Claudio Cea
Sound engineer
Dietmar Zuson
Costume design
Thomas Oláh
Set design
Carola Gauster
Music
Enis Rotthoff
Cast
Götz George (Schlomo), Tom Schilling (Hitler), Anna Unterberger (Gretchen), Elisabeth Orth (Fr. Tod), Simon Schwarz (Max)
Production manager
Frank Zahl
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ZDF Theaterkanal, ARTE Deutschland, ARTE Frankreich, Schweizer Fernsehen, SRG SSR idée suisse