Feature Film
Drama

Narcissus and Goldmund

Goldmund, a young man, is sent away to a monastery by his father to atone for his mother’s sins. There he meets the novice Narcissus. When Goldmund comes to Narcissus’ defense against an older group of boys it marks the beginning of a profound friendship.
Some years later…Handsome, wise and reserved, Narcissus chooses to continue living his life in prayer and meditation. Goldmund, passionate, sensual and impulsive, chooses a path away from the monastery to become an adventurer, leading him to discover the highs and lows of ecstasy and pain. Until these friends meet again in a highly dramatic moment.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: Feature Film
Financing: Minority coproduction
Format: DCP, 110 Min
Release: 13.03.2020
Distribution: Sony Pictures Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions: 14.395
Funding Film Institute: 450.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs: 21 %
Share of total production costs: 5 %
Television investment: 450.000 €
Co-production: Tempest Film & Mythos Film (DE, 77%)
International funding: BKM, FFA, DFFF, FFF Bayern, Medienboard BB, MDM, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige
Funding program: ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service: 16.11.2022
Viewers: 537.000
Film location: Austria, Czech Republic, South Tyrol
Shooting time: August - October 2018
Days of shooting: 40
Completion: Fall 2019
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich

Credits

Production: Lotus Filmrechte GmbH
Producer Austria: Thomas Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Script: Stefan Ruzowitzky nach der gleichnamigen Erzählung von Hermann Hesse
DOP: Benedict Neuenfels
Editor: Britta Nahler
Sound engineer: Frank Heidbrink
Costume design: Nicole Fischnaller
Set design: Sebastian Soukup
Cast: Jannis Niewöhner (Goldmund), Sabin Tambrea (Narziss), André H. Hennicke (Lothar)
Production manager: Stephanie Wagner
German Title: Narziss und Goldmund
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)