Gebürtig / eine Österreichisch-Deutsch-Polnische Koproduktion von Cult Film Wien und Extrafilm Wien mitt Dazu Film Köln und Akson Studio Warschau ; Drehbuch, Georg Stefan Troller, Robert Schindel, Lukas Stepanik ; Produzent, Niki List ; Regie, Robert Schindel, Lukas Stepanik.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0435

Overview

Summary: The past catches up on two men, a Jewish emigrant composer Hermann Gëburtig and the German journalist Konrad Sachs. Gëburtig testifies against a former concentration camp supervisor, and Sachs faces the reality that his father was an SS-Doctor.
Other Title: Gebürtig.
Format: Video
Published: [United States] : Life Size Entertainment, [2004]
©2004
Locale: Austria
Edition: Widescreen edition
Other Authors/Editors: Schindel, Robert, 1944-
Stepanik, Lukas.
Troller, Georg Stefan, 1921-
Simonischek, Peter.
Rieser, Ruth, 1965-
Zirner, August, 1959-
Weitzenböck, Katja, 1967-
Olbrychski, Daniel.
Cult Film (Firm)
EXtra Film (Firm)
DaZu Film (Firm)
Akson Studio (Firm)
Life Size Entertainment.
Notes: Based on the novel by Robert Schindel.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

"Eine Österreichisch-Deutsch-Polnische Koproduktion von Cult Film Wien und Extrafilm Wien mitt Dazu Film Köln und Akson Studio Warschau."

Region 1, aspect ratio, 4:3 letterbox.

Special features: original trailer, 4:3 letterbox.

Photography, Edward Klosinski ; editor, Hubert Canaval ; music, Peter Ponger.

Peter Simonischek, Ruth Rieser, August Zirner, Katja Weitzenböck, Daniel Olbrychski.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD ; Dolby Digital.

In German and English.

Academy Award, 2002: Best foreign film (official Austrian entry).

Subjects: Holocaust survivors--Drama. War crime trials--Austria--Drama. Man-woman relationships--Drama. Motion pictures, German. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings. Drama.

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