Voyager (1991) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

Set in 1957, the story of a middle-aged American engineer who falls in love with a young European woman, who happens to be his daughter from a woman he abandoned 20 years earlier while a student in Switzerland.

Cast & Crew

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Volker Schlöndorff

Sam Shepard

Julie Delpy

Barbara Sukowa

Dieter Kirchlechner

Traci Lind

Film Details

Also Known As

Homo Faber, Passenger Faber

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Foreign

Period

Romance

Release Date

1991

Distribution Company

Academy Entertainment; Metropolitan Filmexport; Palace Pictures; Tobis Film

Location

Blythe, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; Mexico; Munich, Germany; New York City, New York, USA; Orvieto, Italy; Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 57m

Synopsis

Set in 1957, the story of a middle-aged American engineer who falls in love with a young European woman, who happens to be his daughter from a woman he abandoned 20 years earlier while a student in Switzerland.

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Sam Shepard

Julie Delpy

Barbara Sukowa

Dieter Kirchlechner

Traci Lind

Deborra-lee Furness

August Zirner

Thomas Heinze

Bill Dunn

Peter Berling

Lorna Farrar

Kathleen Matiezen

Lady Stenographer

Lou Cutell

New York Doorman

Charles Hayward

Irwin Wynn

James Mathews

Perla Walter

Restroom Attendant

Roland Dechandenay

Unesco Delegate

Jacques Martial

Brigitte Catillon

Philippe Morier-genoud

Erica Lawson

Crew

Kay Albrecht

Special Effects Photography (Germany)

Voula Alexopoulou

Leta Andreadi

Douglas B Arnold

Sound Recordist

Pepeta Arvaniti

Set Decorator (Greece)

Giorgios Arvanitis

Director Of Photography (European Parts)

Giuseppe Auriemma

Production Supervisor (Italy)

Cherie Baker

Art Director (Usa)

Barbara Baum

Costume Designer

Andreas Biegler

Will Bright

Production Assistant (Usa)

Tom Brodek

Production Manager (Usa)

Gerry Butler

Gary Carpenter

Christophe Cheysson

Assistant Director

Hilary Cousins

Production Assistant (Usa)

Bob Curtis

Assistant Director (Usa)

Tim D'arcy

Michalis Daskalakis

Production Manager (Greece)

Friedrich Dosch

Supervising Sound Editor

Gilbert Duhalde

Camera Operator (France)

Kate Eisemann

Assistant Director (Usa)

Edwin Erfmann

Alexander V Eschwege

Hannelore Faber

Bruna Finocchi

Tom Fleischman

Sound Rerecordist

Thierry Francois

Art Director (France)

Max Frisch

Source Material (From Novel)

Eckart Goebel

Pat Golden

Paul Green

Paul Green

Sound Editor (Dialogue)

Zoe Hale

John Harle

John Harle

Saxophone Player

Klaus Hellwig

Associate Producer

Benedikt Herforth

Dagmar Hirtz

Karl Heinz Hofman

Location Manager (Germany)

Michael Jacobi

Sandy Jensen

Eberhard Junkersdorf

Christos Karakepelis

Production Assistant (Greece)

Vassilis Katsoufis

Executive Producer (Greece)

Emily Katz

Liz Kerry

Production Manager (Germany)

Jeffrey Kiehlbauch

Production Coordinator (Usa)

Hannah Clair Klein

Production Assistant (Usa)

Robert L Knott

Special Effects

Maria Kontodima

Xenophon Kotsaftis

Assistant Director (Greece)

Cecil Kramer

Production Supervisor (Usa)

Michael Kranz

Sound Rerecordist

Karl Kresling

Karl Kresling

Kurt W Krusche

Production Assistant

Mel Kutbuy

Frederque Lauzier

Set Decorator (France)

Ute Lemper

Song ("Careless Love")

Artemis Leontidou

Casting (Greece)

Robert Leveen

Production Assistant (Usa)

Pierre Lhomme

Director Of Photography (American Parts)

Patrick Lhuillier

Location Manager (France)

Panayotis Mauraganis

Production Assistant (Greece)

Stan Mcclain

Aerial Photography (Usa)

Karen Altman Morgenstern

Production Assistant (Usa)

Stanley Myers

Doxi Nikolaidou

Set Decorator (Greece)

Panayotis Nikolaros

Location Manager (Greece)

Arno Ortmair

Production Supervisor (Germany)

Michael Otto

Michael Otto

Maria Patheniadou

Nicos Perakis

Production Designer

Carl Perkins

Song ("Blue Suede Shoes")

Sophie Ravard

Production Manager (France)

Antonis Remoundos

Assistant Director (Greece)

Antonella Russo

Location Manager (Italy)

Itala Scandariato

Set Decorator (Italy)

Volker Schlöndorff

Robin Schneider

Set Decorator (Usa)

Rolfe Schneider

Sabine Schroth

Marianne Schulz

Bodo Scriba

Executive Producer

Raphael Serrail

Production Supervisor (France)

Roee Sharon

Assistant Director (Usa)

Alan Snelling

Sound Recordist (Music)

Daniela Stibitz

Production Coordinator (Germany)

Michele Therese Tollemer

Casting (France) (Extras)

Andrea Tonti

Production Assistant (Italy)

Rosalba Dibartolo Tonti

Production Manager (Italy)

David Topor

Production Assistant (Usa)

Athina Tseregof

Anesa Tzirou

Casting (Greece)

Katerina Varhtaletou

Rudy Wurlitzer

Michael Zens

Assistant Director

Film Details

Also Known As

Homo Faber, Passenger Faber

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Foreign

Period

Romance

Release Date

1991

Distribution Company

Academy Entertainment; Metropolitan Filmexport; Palace Pictures; Tobis Film

Location

Blythe, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; Mexico; Munich, Germany; New York City, New York, USA; Orvieto, Italy; Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 57m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Nominated for the 1991 Felix Award for Actress of the Year, Supporting Actress of the Year and European Film of the Year by the European Cinema Society.

Released in United States 1991

Released in United States February 28, 1992

Released in United States November 1991

Released in United States on Video July 2, 1992

Released in United States September 1991

Released in United States Winter January 31, 1992

Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica February 28 - March 8, 1991.

Shown at London Film Festival November 6-21, 1991.

Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.

Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 5-14, 1991.

Produced in association with Stefi 2/Hellas Video Greece.

Began shooting March 12, 1990.

Completed shooting June 14, 1990.

Max Frisch was involved in the project until his death from cancer in April 1991.

Released in United States 1991 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica February 28 - March 8, 1991.)

Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.)

Released in United States Winter January 31, 1992

Released in United States February 28, 1992 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video July 2, 1992

Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 5-14, 1991.)

Released in United States November 1991 (Shown at London Film Festival November 6-21, 1991.)

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