WINTER JOURNEY

WINTERREISE

Directed by Hans Steinbichler

FRIDAY JANUARY 12 3:30PM CASTRO

In Hans Steinbichler’s WINTER JOURNEY, actor Josef Bierbichler is a force of nature - a big, belligerent man with even bigger problems. Suffering from manic depression, this formidable fellow’s increasingly erratic behavior eventually takes him on a gruelling psychic - and geographic - journey that leaves him stranded and alone to face his demons.
He gets involved in a supposed lucrative deal with Kenya. After a while, he recognizes that the whole thing is a rip off, and that the money is lost. Absolutely determined to get his money back, he and Leyla – as his interpreter – go to Nairobi. Brenninger has now nothing left to lose. In the shimmering, colorful world of eastern Africa we suddenly find a totally different, really fascinating Brenninger. Inspired by German Romantic painting and Schubert’s masterful “Winterreise” song cycle (which plays a key role in the film), WINTER JOURNEY is a suitably melancholic and majestic story of a man in crisis, shot through with pitch-black humour.

Co-presented by CONSULATE GENERAL OF AUSTRIA,
LOS ANGELES

PURCHASE TICKET

West Coast Premiere

Country
Germany/Austria
Year
2006
Run Time
35mm, 95 min, color
German with
English subtitles
Cast
Josef Bierbichler
Sibel Kekilli
Hanna Schygulla
Philipp Hochmair
Anna Schudt
Camera
Bella Halben
Screenwriter
Martin Rauhaus
Hans Steinbichler
Printsource
Beta Cinema
Email
beta@betacinema.com
Awards
Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival 2006
Nomination.

Director

Hans Steinbichler
was born in 1969 in Solothurn, Switzerland. He studied Law in Passau and Film at the Academy of Television & Film in Munich. His films include: HIERANKL (2003), DER MORALIST – VITTORIO HOESELE ENTDECKT AMERIKA (documentary, 2003) and INSELN IM CHIEMSEE (documentary, 2003).