Scene from the film Abendland
Scene from the film Abendland
Scene from the film Abendland
Scene from the film Abendland
Scene from the film Abendland
Scene from the film Abendland
Scene from the film Abendland
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Abendland

Direction
Year 
2011
Country
  • Austria
Runtime
91min 
Subtitles 

Some things can be seen more clearly at night.. .

A film poem about a continent at night, a culture on which the sun’s going down, though it’s hyper alert at the same time, an “Abendland” that, often somewhat self-obsessively, sees itself as the crown of human civilization, while its service economy is undergoing rapid growth in a thoroughly pragmatic way. Nikolaus Geyrhalter takes a look at a paradise with a quite diverse understanding of protection.

Night work juxtaposed with oblivious evening digression, birth and death, questions that await answers in the semi-darkness, a Babel of languages, the routine of the daily news, and political negotiation: All this has been captured in images with a wealth of details that make us look at things in a new way.

The longer you consider a word, the more distant is its return gaze: ABENDLAND.

Details

  • Original Title
    Abendland
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Maria Arlamovsky
  • Cinematography
    Nikolaus Geyrhalter
  • Editing
    Wolfgang Widerhofer
  • Sound
    Lea Saby, Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Andreas Hamza, Lenka Mikulova, Nicolas Joly, Ekkehard Baumung
  • Runtime
    91 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2011
  • Country
    • Austria
  • Format
    • Colour
  • Production

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