{"id":32082,"date":"2020-07-19T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/filme\/feuerherz"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:05:34","slug":"heart-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"movie","link":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire","title":{"rendered":"Heart of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eritrean struggle for independence, 1980. Ten-year-old Awet hast the heart of a warrior. Abandoned as a baby, she grows up in a sheltered atmosphere of a Christian monastery in Asmara. But when she returns to her family, her father brings her to a military battle unit. There is nothing she can do to elude her fate as a child soldier. Nevertheless, Awet vows to opposite this ignoble war with all her strength, and to fight against the fate that menaces her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9044,"template":"","director":[6989],"producer":[5746],"genre":[],"fond":[6191],"distributor":[],"rental":[9080],"movie-category":[5663],"tag":[],"funding_program":[9991],"incentive":[],"class_list":["post-32082","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","director-luigi-falorni-en","producer-josef-aichholzer-film-en","fond-filminstitut-en","rental-filmladen-filmverleih-gmbh-en","movie-category-feature-film-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHeart of Fire - \u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heart of Fire - \u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Eritrean struggle for independence, 1980. Ten-year-old Awet hast the heart of a warrior. Abandoned as a baby, she grows up in a sheltered atmosphere of a Christian monastery in Asmara. But when she returns to her family, her father brings her to a military battle unit. There is nothing she can do to elude … Continued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/filminstitut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-16T14:05:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"986\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire\",\"name\":\"Heart of Fire - \u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-19T13:59:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-16T14:05:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg\",\"width\":986,\"height\":1400,\"caption\":\"Filmplakat des Filmes Feuerherz mit einem afrikanischen Kind in rotem Kleid im Vordergrund und einer Karawane von Kamelen mit Menschen in der W\u00fcste im Hintergrund, Titel in gro\u00dfen roten Buchstaben auf gelbem Himmel.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\\\/heart-of-fire#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Filme\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\\\/movies\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Heart of Fire\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\",\"name\":\"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut\",\"description\":\"Das \u00d6sterreichische Filminstitut ist die bundesweite F\u00f6rderstelle und Kompetenzzentrum f\u00fcr den Kinofilm.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en#organization\",\"name\":\"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/OeFI_Logo_pos-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/OeFI_Logo_pos-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":694,\"caption\":\"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/filminstitut.at\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/filminstitut\",\"https:\\\/\\\/at.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/sterreichisches-filminstitut\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/filminstitut\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Heart of Fire - \u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Heart of Fire - \u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut","og_description":"The Eritrean struggle for independence, 1980. Ten-year-old Awet hast the heart of a warrior. Abandoned as a baby, she grows up in a sheltered atmosphere of a Christian monastery in Asmara. But when she returns to her family, her father brings her to a military battle unit. There is nothing she can do to elude … Continued","og_url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire","og_site_name":"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/filminstitut","article_modified_time":"2026-03-16T14:05:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":986,"height":1400,"url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire","url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire","name":"Heart of Fire - \u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-19T13:59:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-16T14:05:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg","width":986,"height":1400,"caption":"Filmplakat des Filmes Feuerherz mit einem afrikanischen Kind in rotem Kleid im Vordergrund und einer Karawane von Kamelen mit Menschen in der W\u00fcste im Hintergrund, Titel in gro\u00dfen roten Buchstaben auf gelbem Himmel."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies\/heart-of-fire#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Filme","item":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movies"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Heart of Fire"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en#website","url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en","name":"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut","description":"Das \u00d6sterreichische Filminstitut ist die bundesweite F\u00f6rderstelle und Kompetenzzentrum f\u00fcr den Kinofilm.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en#organization","name":"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut","url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OeFI_Logo_pos-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OeFI_Logo_pos-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":694,"caption":"\u00d6sterreichisches Filminstitut"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/filminstitut","https:\/\/at.linkedin.com\/company\/sterreichisches-filminstitut","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/filminstitut"]}]}},"featured_img":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/582ad3c10f8ff.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/author\/fkm","display_name":"fkm"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 19. July 2020","modified":"Updated on 16. March 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 19. July 2020 13:59","modified":"Updated on 16. March 2026 15:05"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"director":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/director\/luigi-falorni-en\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Falorni<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Falorni<\/span>"],"slug":"director","name":"Directors"},"producer":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/producer\/josef-aichholzer-film-en\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Josef Aichholzer Film<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Josef Aichholzer Film<\/span>"],"slug":"producer","name":"Production"},"genre":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"genre","name":"Genres"},"fond":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/fond\/filminstitut-en\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Filminstitut<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Filminstitut<\/span>"],"slug":"fond","name":"F\u00f6rderungen \u00d6"},"distributor":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"distributor","name":"Weltvertriebe"},"rental":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/rental\/filmladen-filmverleih-gmbh-en\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH<\/span>"],"slug":"rental","name":"Verleihe"},"movie-category":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/movie-category\/feature-film-en\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Feature Film<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Feature Film<\/span>"],"slug":"movie-category","name":"Categories"},"tag":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tag","name":"Tags"},"funding_program":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/funding_program\/oefi\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00d6FI<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00d6FI<\/span>"],"slug":"funding_program","name":"F\u00f6rderprogramme"},"incentive":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"incentive","name":"Incentives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie\/32082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/movie"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie\/32082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81926,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie\/32082\/revisions\/81926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"director","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/director?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"producer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/producer?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"fond","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fond?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"distributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/distributor?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"rental","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rental?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"movie-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie-category?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"funding_program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funding_program?post=32082"},{"taxonomy":"incentive","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filminstitut.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/incentive?post=32082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}