MÄR - A GERMAN TALE
Film - New German Cinema Filmfest 2019

MÄR - A GERMAN TALE

Directed by Katharina Mihm

Info

Director: Katharina Mihm
Section: New German Cinema
Country: Germany, Austria
Year: 2019
PT: MÄR
OT: MÄR
Language: German
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Martin Vischer, Jeanne Werner, Irina Potapenko, Sophie Resch, Björn Bonn
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

MÄR - A GERMAN TALE

In a dystopian Germany, journalist Leo Bernstein travels from Vienna to the Ruhr Valley, where wolves have supposedly been spotted again. He tries to find out why the return of this wild animal seems to exert a disturbing power of attraction over many citizens. In the course of his research, more and more fragments of a fairy tale come to his mind and ultimately take hold of him. They tell of a young handmaiden who once gave birth to a wolf, putting her surroundings in mortal danger. Still nursing the emotional scars of a car accident experienced at the onset of his journey, Leo begins to lose touch with his body and cedes all contact with his former life. As the fairy tale becomes increasingly realistic, it leads Leo dangerously close to fears and longings that mark the return of the wolf.

Meet the director

MÄR - A GERMAN TALE

Katharina Mihm

Katharina Mihm was born in Berlin in 1983. She studied film directing at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and lives as a freelance filmmaker and author in Berlin and Lower Austria. In 2015, Mihm and Hong Chang Kim founded the Berlin production company Opak. Mihm's feature-film debut, ORPHEUS RHAPSODIE (2017), deals with a young female filmmaker who dies after falling into a well but who is still stuck in the world of the living. MÄR – A GERMAN TALE (2019) is Mihm's second feature-length film.

Credits

Screenplay: Katharina Mihm
Director of Photography: Jan Klein
Film Editor: Julia Dupuis, Calle Overweg
Composer: Alex Miksch & Band
Production Designer: Fabienne Müller
Costume Design: Yvonne Warmbier
Sound: Christian Hermans
Producer: Katharina Mihm, Hong Chang Kim
Production Company: Opak
Co-Producer: Judith Weiler, Til Strobl
Co-Production Company: Butterfilm