Requiem
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hans-christian Schmid
Sandra Hüller
Burghart Klaussner
Imogen Kogge
Anna Blomeier
Nicholas Reinke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A thriller set in 1970s small-town southern Germany. Michaela, 21, has grown up in a deeply religious family. Despite her long battle with epilepsy, Michaela burns to leave home and study at the university. There, she experiences her first taste of freedom, her budding love for Stefan and her friendship with Hanna. Slowly, her protective shell of faith and family starts to crack open but it results in her having a breakdown. Not a normal epileptic attack, but a frightening onrush of grotesque faces and voices. Afraid of being sent back home to her family, Michaela seeks help from a priest who reinforces her conviction that she is possessed. Though Stefan and Hanna encourage her to seek psychiatric help, they are unable to break through the dense religious and moral ties binding Michaela to her family.
Director
Hans-christian Schmid
Cast
Sandra Hüller
Burghart Klaussner
Imogen Kogge
Anna Blomeier
Nicholas Reinke
Jens Harzer
Walter Schmidinger
Friederike Adolph
Irene Kugler
Adam Oest
Eva Löbau
Crew
Simone Bär
Christopher Doll
Bogumil Godfrejow
Christian Goldbeck
Dirk W Jacob
Anja Klement
Nina Klingen
Britta Knoller
Bernd Lange
Bettina Marx
Marc Parisotto
Uli Putz
Bernd Schlegel
Hans-christian Schmid
Katja Siegel
Hansj÷rg Wei¯brich
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the International Film Competition Plaque at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States Fall October 20, 2006
Released in United States February 2006
Released in United States November 3, 2006
Released in United States October 2006
Released in United States on Video March 6, 2007
Released in United States September 2006
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Main Competition) October 5-19, 2006.
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 12-20, 2006.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2006.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 28-October 13, 2006.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 28-October 13, 2006.)
Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.)
Released in United States on Video March 6, 2007
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Main Competition) October 5-19, 2006.)
Released in United States November 3, 2006 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States Fall October 20, 2006 (NY)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 12-20, 2006.)
