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ScreeningS in locarno 2010 Sat, Aug 07th 11.00h Rialto 2 Industry Screening Thu, Aug 12th 22.00h Kursaal Press Screening Fri, Aug 13th 21.30h Piazza Grande International Premiere oFFicial SelecTion locarno Film FeSTival THE SILENCE a film by Baran Bo odar ulrich Wotan Wilke Burghart katrin Sebastian ThomSen möhring klauSSner SaSS BlomBerg IN CO-PRODUCTION IN COOPERATION WITH THE BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A CINE PLUS FILMPRODUKTION AND LUETHJE & SCHNEIDER FILM PRODUKTION WITH ZDF DAS KLEINE FERNSEHSPIEL WITH ARTE SUPPORT OF MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG FILMFERNSEHFONDS BAYERN MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG FILMFÖRDERUNGS ANSTALT PRODUCTION DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS “DAS LETZTE SCHWEIGEN” STARRING ULRICH THOMSEN WOTAN WILKE MÖHRING SEBASTIAN BLOMBERG KATRIN SASS BURGHART KLAUSSNER KAROLINE EICHHORN ROELAND WIESNEKKER CLAUDIA MICHELSEN OLIVER STOKOWSKI JULE BÖWE DOP NIKOLAUS SUMMERER DESIGN YESIM ZOLAN COSTUME SOUND SOUND PRODUCTION COMMISSIONINIG CHRISTIAN M. GOLDBECK DESIGN KATHARINA OST MAKE-UP ELKE LEBENDER EDITING ROBERT RZESACZ CASTING ANJA DIHRBERG MUSIC PAS DE DEUX DESIGN CHRISTOPH ULBICH MIX TOM KORR MANAGER JANTJE FRIESE EDITORS CHRISTIAN CLOOS DORIS HEPP PRODUCERS JÖRG SCHULZE FRANK EVERS MAREN LÜTHJE FLORIAN SCHNEIDER BASED ON THE NOVEL PUBLISHED BY HARVILL SECKER, WRITTEN AND “SILENCE” BY JAN COSTIN WAGNER ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN GERMANY BY EICHBORN DIRECTED BY BARAN BO ODAR soundtrack available online at SynopSiS A bicycle found in a wheat field. A missing girl. While Sinikka’s parents are trapped in an In his strikingly commanding debut feature, Swiss-born Baran bo Odar confirms his status as one of Is history repeating itself? 23 years ago, a young agonizing period of waiting and uncertainty, the most promising and talented young directors of today. His exceptional directing skills and distinctly girl named Pia was raped and murdered at this their daughter’s fate rips open old wounds cinematic language give this screen adaptation of a bestselling novel its unmistakable signature. exact spot. Has the same thing happe ned now to in the heart of the first victim’s mother. She, in Mesmerizing per formances of top European actors – headed by Ulrich Thomsen (“The Celebration”, 13-year-old Sinikka? Krischan, the retired police turn, has the unsettling feeling that a visitor to “Brothers”), Sebastian Blomberg (“The Baader Meinhof Complex”), Katrin Sass (“Good Bye, Lenin!”) inspector who led the first investigation, is her home – a nice young man, married with two and Burghart Klaussner (“The White Ribbon”, “The Edukators”) – are central elements of this intense convinced that there’s a connection between the children – is her daughter’s killer. As the days go drama, reaching far beyond the crime story. two crimes. His efforts to capture the killer back by, an unbearable heat lies over the town’s then were un successful; this time, he is deter- modest homes like a bell jar. And behind the mined to bring him to justice together with his doors, once intact worlds begin to fall apart. younger colleague David. 2 3 Baran Bo odar – WriTer and direcTor direcTor’S STaTemenT Baran bo Odar was born 1978 in Switzerland. He studied fi lm at the In The Silence I combined two genres, wonderful cast, in cluding Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich from 1998 to 2006. In thriller and melodrama. My primary focus isn’t Wilke Möhring, Sebastian Blomberg, Katrin Sass, 2001 he completed a directing internship on Doris Dörrie’s fi lm “Naked” the question “Whodunit?” but more the Burkhart Klaussner and Karoline Eichhorn, to and left to spend a year in Barcelona. Together with Mike Marzuk he emotional state of the characters. How does one name but a few. Their acting expresses what founded illegalefarben fi lmproduktion/Munich in 2003. He also com- cope with the loss of a loved one? In different words no longer can. Their faces reveal feelings pleted the Masterclass – commercial and promotional fi lm at the HFF ways the protagonists are pre occupied with this such as despair and emotional states such as guilt Munich. In 2003 he was invited to participate in the Berlinale Talent issue, which is the common theme running in all their nuances and show even the most Campus and in 2005 his short fi lm “Quietsch” screened at the 55th Berlin through this constellation of characters. The fl eeting changes. That’s where the real tragedy International Film Festival. Silence is an ensemble piece with a unfolds. In 2006, after making a number of short fi lms and docu shorts, Baran bo Odar shot his fi rst feature fi lm “Unter der Sonne” for which he received Baran Bo odar two awards in the category best new director: the Studio Hamburg New- comer Awards in 2006 and in 2007 the Munich Feature Film Award. 4 5 producerS’ STaTemenT The complex world Baran bo Odar set out to create utilize the techniques of Hollywood cinema to is further brought to fruition by Yesim Zolan and tell a German story without ever sacrificing its The Silence is a rather unusual feature film The Silence also marks yet another cinematic Christian M. Goldbeck’s production design, universal theme. With his short film “Quietsch“ debut. It is an ensemble film fueled by the accomplishment for director Baran bo Odar and Katharina Ost’s costume design, Robert Rzesacz’s (Cine Plus Filmproduktion) and his graduation emotional state of its characters. In the faces of his DoP Nik Summerer. They had studied film to- editing and the music of pas de deux (Michael film “Unter der Sonne” (lüthje schneider | FILM), its amazing cast this tragedy unfolds in the most gether at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Kamm, Chris Steininger). The careful preparations Baran bo Odar has established himself as a subtle way. The criminal case is just the way into in Munich and had pre viously joined forces on and the constant exchange between the depart- director who knows exactly what stories he the psyche of the characters and their emotional “Unter der Sonne”, their graduation film. Even ment heads, as well as Baran bo Odar’s clear wants to tell and as a filmmaker with a distinct states. Their encounters, marked by the trauma back then, Nik Summerer’s powerful visual images artistic vision, can be felt in even the most minute formal and aesthetic handwriting. This also sets of an existential loss, are like duels: issues that impressed us and that’s again the case in The details of this film. apart his most recent film: The Silence, have been repressed for years erupt without ever Silence. The precision and visual strength of The Silence is the result of a successful which is a contemporary neo noir film and a being mentioned. Loneliness, despair, guilt and his elegant cinemascope camera work captivates collaboration of Cine Plus Film produktion, Berlin, visually impressive and gripping relationship drama. atonement – bewildered, the characters face a the audience, drawing them deeper and deeper and lüthje schneider | FILM, Munich. We share crime that makes no apparent sense. into the psychological discord the dis appearance Baran bo Odar’s passion for gripping stories and Jörg Schulze, Frank everS, of the 13-year-old Sinikka has triggered. powerful visuals and appreciate his ability to maren lüThJe, Florian Schneider 6 7 BIOGRAPHIES ulrich ThomSen as peer Sommer WoTan Wilke möhring as Timo Friedrich For 29 years peer Sommer has been the superintendent of the non-descript residential Timo Friedrich leads a quiet life with his wife Julia and their two children. But when high-rise complex, where he met Timo 23 years ago. a dark secret connects the two he sees the bike belonging to the missing Sinikka on Tv he finds himself catapulted men. back into the past. Ulrich Thomsen was born in 1963 in Denmark. After graduating from the Danish National School of Wotan Wilke Möhring made his acting debut in the television movie “Die Bubi Scholz Story,” directed Theater in Copenhagen, he played various parts on local stages for a number of years. In 1994 he by Roland Suso Richter, and played the electrician, Joe, in Oliver Hirschbiegel‘s feature film “The Ex- made his feature film debut in Ole Bornedal‘s cult classic “Nightwatch”. periment” (2000). From there, Möhring’s career took off. He received a great deal of attention in 2000 At the beginning of his film career he appeared in Susanne Bier’s thriller “Sekten”, and Anders Thomas for his impressive performance in the lead role of “Hat er Arbeit?,” for which he was nominated for a Jensen‘s “Election Night”, which received the Oscar for best short film in 1998. That year Thomsen German Television Award. He has since played a wide range of characters, proving himself to be one launched his international career in the lead role of Thomas Vinterberg‘s multiple award-winning of the most versatile actors of his generation. He portrayed a secretive, small-town police officer in “The Celebration”. Ulrich Thomsen went on to become one of the most renowned figures in Danish Christian Alvart‘s critically acclaimed thriller “Antibodies” and a man suffering from testicular cancer cinema. With films such as Susanne Bier‘s “Brothers”, the versatile character actor continues to win in Robert Schwentke’s dark comedy “The Family Jewels.” He also appeared in the feature films: over international critics. Ulrich Thomsen has appeared in local and international film and television “Valkyrie“ alongside Tom Cruise, Fatih Akin’s “Soul Kitchen” and Simon Verhoeven’s “Männerherzen.“ productions, collaborating with directors such as Ridley Scott, Michael Apted, Sean Ellis, and János Szász, and actors such as Sean Penn, Mads Mikkelsen, Catherine McCormack and Joseph Fiennes. He has received numerous international awards and nominations for his work, including the European Film Award.

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