The Breath of Heaven (film)

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Movie
Original title The breath of heaven
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2010
length 138 minutes
Rod
Director Reinhold Bilgeri
script Reinhold Bilgeri
production Reinhold Bilgeri
Thomas Feldkircher (co-producer)
music Raimund Hepp
camera Tomas Erhart
cut Thomas Ilg
occupation

The Breath of Heaven is an Austrian film from 2010. It is the first full-length feature film made by the Austrian musician and writer Reinhold Bilgeri . Bilgeri works as a writer , producer and director based on his own novel , published in 2005 . His wife Beatrice Bilgeri took on the leading role . His daughter Laura can also be seen in a supporting role .

action

The film begins in Vorarlberg in June 1953 . The 41-year-old, impoverished and widowed noblewoman Erna von Gaderthurn, who comes from the Puster Valley , is looking for a new life in the Vorarlberg mountains after the death of her father. She moves to the small mountain community of Blons in the Großer Walsertal as a teacher . There she met the elementary school teacher Eugenio Casagrande, also one of the pioneers of avalanche research in Vorarlberg and the love of her life. Eugenio Casagrande wants Baron von Kessel to implement better avalanche protection for the village of Blons. Von Kessel thinks that the reforestation of the Bannwald is sufficient. At the beginning of January, after the first snowfall, the village was cut off from the outside world by avalanches. Every sound can trigger further avalanches. Erna von Gaderthurn has to witness the biggest avalanche disaster in the history of the Alps: The destruction of Blons on January 11, 1954 by two avalanches from the Falvkopf. Two thirds of the village are destroyed. There are many dead, the injured are temporarily housed in Teacher's house. A second avalanche also buried Erna and Eugenio. Erna, who is expecting a child from Eugenio, is able to free herself unharmed. Eugenio is buried under the rubble of his house, can only be dug up later and finally dies of internal bleeding. Erna Casagrande continues to live in Blons with the orphaned Pia and her newborn stepbrother Eugenio.

backgrounds

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Reinhold Bilgeri, published by Piper Verlag Munich in 2005, which has also been published as an audio book. In it, the author combines the life story of his mother Ilse Bilgeri, the great-granddaughter of the Austrian politician Friedrich Graf von Gaderthurn (1835–1921), with the historical avalanche tragedy of Blons in 1954. The highest value was placed on the detailed representation of the avalanche event.

production

The film was shot on original locations in the Grosses Walsertal in Vorarlberg. For this purpose, the village of Blons from 1953 was rebuilt on the Alpe Oberpartnom. The film is distributed by the Austrian Constantin Film and was supported by the Vienna Film Fund . The production costs for the film were 3.5 million euros. 1.5 million euros are earmarked for marketing. The world premiere took place on August 24, 2010 on the lake stage of the Bregenz Festival in front of 7,000 visitors. The film was released throughout Austria on September 3, 2010.

The first broadcast on December 6, 2012 on ORF was the most successful feature film broadcast of the year (1.185 million viewers, 37% market share).

Reviews

  • Kurier : “ The first film by a newcomer to the cinema - and then this grandiose power of images, narrative force, which is of course also due to the authenticity and truthfulness of the events described. In such companies embarrassment lurks like creeping poison; Bilgeri knew how to avoid it. ... People shy away from the term Heimatfilm because it is contaminated with the mold of old-fashioned kitsch. But here it is appropriate, even in the best sense of the word. "
  • Die Presse : “ The Breath of Heaven: The Return of the Heimatfilm. Lots of landscape, even more kitsch: the cinema version of Reinhold Bilgeri's book is technically solid, but by no means original. Motto: Rosen-Resli picks alpine rose and edelweiss. ... The German film imitates Hollywood for commercial reasons - and at times it looks quite museum-worthy. In 1973 Bilgeri and Michael Köhlmeier invented Vorarlberg's secret national anthem, “Oho Vorarlberg”, a hit. His film, on the other hand, is a smooth mainstream product, largely devoid of humor or irony. "
  • Austria : " Snow drama: hot love and white death: ... Sometimes the film looks like postcard kitsch from the 50s, sometimes it looks terribly wooden - until you realize that this variety fits perfectly with the woodcut-like characters. Bilgeri manages to find his own style beyond the usual cinematic dramaturgy. The final is, we know, tragic. But even in the tragedy, the story finds a glimmer of hope. Worth seeing. "
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : “ In glossy pictures, accompanied by musky music,“ The Breath of Heaven ”shows itself as a sweet mountain drama and catastrophe kitsch. … Reinhold Bilgeri has simply taken on himself as a novelist, screenwriter, director and producer all in one. ... Little can be seen of the sublime mountain world. It remains with postcard views. The film is the testimony of great family affection. The material would have given more. "

Awards and nominations

  • Austria Ticket 2011 for over 80,000 viewers.
  • Best Foreign Film at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival 2011 in China
  • Nomination for Kurier Romy 2011
    • Best feature film in cinema
    • Best Cinema Producer: Reinhold Bilgeri, Thomas Feldkircher
    • Best cinematography camera: Tomas Erhart
  • Nomination for the Austrian Film Prize 2011
    • Best score: Raimund Hepp

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b World premiere "The Breath of Heaven": Exchange campaign for cardholders . firmenpresse.de. May 14, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b The breath of heaven . filmfonds-wien.at. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b The breath of heaven - Reinhold Bilgeri (DE) . In: ORF Shop . Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / shop.orf.at
  4. ^ Philip Scheiner: Bilgeri as a writer . orf.at. September 8, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ The breath of heaven blows . vol.at. March 11, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ We're still looking for extras . vol.at. July 20, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ The breath of heaven: Reinhold Bilgeri. Review: I. Reichel . litges.at. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.litges.at
  8. ↑ Shooting of "The Breath of Heaven" in the Great Walsertal . In: SÜDKURIER Online . March 10, 2010. Accessed on April 25, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.suedkurier.de  
  9. ↑ Love and madness on the avalanche slope . derstandard.at. March 15, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  10. ^ Rush to Bilgeri film "The Breath of Heaven". In: Die Presse , August 25, 2010.
  11. ↑ The Breath of Heaven . constantinfilm.at. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.constantinfilm.at
  12. ↑ ORF television in 2012: highest daily reach since 2007, 41.4 percent market share in the core zone, increase in the family of channels . ots.at. January 3, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  13. ↑ Rudolf John: Bilgeri's admirable coup . kurier.at. September 2, 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  14. ↑ Barbara Petsch: "The Breath of Heaven": The Return of the Heimatfilm . DiePresse.com. August 26, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  15. ↑ Snow Drama: Hot Love and White Death . oe24.at. September 2, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  16. ↑ Heike Hupertz: ZDF melodrama Until the avalanche rolls . In: FAZ.NET , January 6, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2013. 
  17. ↑ The Breath of Heaven: “Chinese Oscar” for Reinhold Bilgeri's cinema production with ORF participation . orf.at. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kundendienst.orf.at
  18. ↑ Vienna TV funding with massive presence at ROMY 2011 (press release; PDF, 39 kB) filmfonds-wien.at. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  19. ↑ Austrian film academy: Austrian film academy. In: www.oesterreichische-filmakademie.at. Retrieved March 12, 2016 .