
Sparta

Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from the area, he transforms a decaying school into a fortress. The children enjoy a new, carefree existence. But the distrust of the villagers is soon awoken. And Ewald is forced to confront a truth he has long suppressed. SPARTA is the brother film to RIMINI, and the conclusion of Ulrich Seidl’s diptych about the inescapability of the past and the pain of finding yourself
Data
- Genre
- Drama
- Category
- Feature Film
- Financing
- Majoritäre Koproduktion
- Format
- DCP, 99 Min
- Admissions
- 4.924
- Co-production
- Essential Film (DE, 20%), Société Parisienne de Production (FR, 9%)
- International funding
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Eurimages, Emiglia Romagna Italian Tax Credit
- Funding institutions Austria
- Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich
Credits
- Producer Austria
- Ulrich Seidl
- Director
- Ulrich Seidl
- Script-concept
- Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
- DOP
- Wolfgang Thaler, Serafin Spitzer
- Editor
- Monika Willi
- Sound design
- Klaus Kellermann
- Costume design
- Tanja Hausner
- Set design
- Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin
- Cast
- Georg Friedrich, Florentina Elena Pop, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Marius Ignat, Octavian-Nicolae Cocis
- International distribution
- Coproduction Office
- Television investment
- ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), Bayrischer Rundfunk/Arte, Arte France Cinéma in Zusammenarbeit mit Arte France
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