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Heart is a Dark Forest, The (Herz ist ein dunkler Wald, Das)
Scene from "The Heart is a Dark Forest" (photo © X Verleih AG)
Marie accidentally discovers that her husband and the father of her two children is leading a double life. He has two of everything: two wives, two homes and two families. As soon as night falls, Marie leaves her home and secretly follows her husband to a masked ball. She is looking for consolation, for explanations. After daybreak, she will know whether she can face this new reality and return to her children...
Nicolette Krebitz is an award-winning actress, writer, musician and director. Her films as a director include: Jeans (2001), Mon Chérie (2001), and The Heart is a Dark Forest (Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald, 2007).
Genre Drama
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2007
Director Nicolette Krebitz
Screenplay Nicolette Krebitz
Director of Photography Bella Halben
Editor Sara Schilde
Music by Fetisch, Whitest Boy Alive
Production Design Christel Rehm, Sylvester Koziolek
Producer Tom Tykwer
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool/Berlin, in co-production with NDR/Hamburg
Principal Cast Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Franziska Petri, Marc Hosemann, Otto Sander, Monica Bleibtreu, Angelika Taschen, Jonathan Meese, Guenther Maria Halmer
Casting Ingeborg Molitoris
Length 86 min, 2,359 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Hof 2007, Nordische Filmtage Luebeck 2007, Rotterdam 2008, Goeteborg 2008, Berlin 2008 (German Cinema)
Awards Schleswig-Holstein Film Award 2007 (Best Screenplay)
With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA), BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, MSH Schleswig-Holstein, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
German Distributor X Verleih/Berlin
World Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
Balthasarstrasse 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
email: info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2007
Director Nicolette Krebitz
Screenplay Nicolette Krebitz
Director of Photography Bella Halben
Editor Sara Schilde
Music by Fetisch, Whitest Boy Alive
Production Design Christel Rehm, Sylvester Koziolek
Producer Tom Tykwer
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool/Berlin, in co-production with NDR/Hamburg
Principal Cast Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Franziska Petri, Marc Hosemann, Otto Sander, Monica Bleibtreu, Angelika Taschen, Jonathan Meese, Guenther Maria Halmer
Casting Ingeborg Molitoris
Length 86 min, 2,359 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Hof 2007, Nordische Filmtage Luebeck 2007, Rotterdam 2008, Goeteborg 2008, Berlin 2008 (German Cinema)
Awards Schleswig-Holstein Film Award 2007 (Best Screenplay)
With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA), BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, MSH Schleswig-Holstein, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
German Distributor X Verleih/Berlin
World Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
Balthasarstrasse 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
email: info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com