A film by Barbara Albert. "The Dead and the Living" celebrated its premiere in competition at The 60th San Sebastián International Film Festival
"The Dead and the Living" relates the personal journey of young Sita. It is not only an expedition into her family’s burdened past. It is also a journey to the abyss of modern European society, a trip which takes her from Berlin to Romania via Vienna and Warsaw – a film about losing one’s homeland and discovering oneself, a film about hope and responsibility.
Coop99 (Austria) in co-Production with Alex Stern (Poland) and Komplizen Film (Germany), funded by Österreichisches Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Österreich, Polish Film Institute, in Collaboration with ORF/Film-Fernsehabkommen, in co-production with SWR and Arte.
Sita
Anna Fischer
Lenzi
August Zirner
Michael Gwisdek
Winfried Glatzeder
Gerhard Weiss
Hanns Schuschnig
Marianne
Almut Zilcher
Jocquin
Itay Tiran
Written and directed by
Barbara Albert
Director of Photography
Bogumil Godfrejow
Editing
Monika Willi
Art Director
Enid Löser
Costume Design
Veronika Albert
Commissioning Editors
Ulrich Herrmann (SWR)
Georg Steinert (Arte)
Co-producers
Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach (Komplizen Film)
Alex Stern (Alex Stern Sp. z o.o.)
Producers
Bruno Wagner, Barbara Albert (coop99)
Nominated for the Austrian Film Prize 2013
Best Music - Lorenz Dangel, Best Editing - Monika Willi,
Best Sound Design - Dietmar Zuson, Tobias Fleig
Austrian Film Prize 2013
Best Editing - Monika Willi
San Sebastián Film Festival 2012
Wettbewerb/ E: Competition
Hofer Filmtage
Internationales Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund
Sarajevo Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival
Around The World in 14 Films
Jewish Film Festival
Belmont World Film Festival
Bozner Filmtage
Subversive Film Festival Zagreb
Athens International Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival
UK Jewish Film Festival London
