Trenker And Riefenstahl – A Fine Line Between Truth And Guilt
Filmfest 2015
PT: Luis Trenker - Der schmale Grat der Wahrheit
OT: LUIS TRENKER - DER SCHMALE GRAT DER WAHRHEIT
Germany, Austria 2015
Original version
(Original: German)
World Premiere
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
Section: New German TV Movies
Legendary South Tyrolean mountain climber, director and screen idol Luis Trenker offers Eva Braun's diaries to Hollywood agent Paul Kohner at the Venice Film Festival in 1948. Film director Leni Riefenstahl sues to have the authenticity of the diaries verified because they claim she was once Hitler's mistress. The story of these two famous opportunists is told in flashbacks, from their brief romance to their ruthless competitive bouts to their backing by Hitler and Goebbels and their artistic successes. Trenker, one of the most popular stars in pre-war Germany, continued to act after the war (well into the eighties) but his popularity waned and he never really recovered from his relationship with the Nazis.
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Cast: Tobias Moretti, Brigitte Hobmeier, Anatole Taubman, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Barbara Romaner
Credits
Screenplay: Peter Probst
Director of Photography: Peter von Haller
Film Editor: Evi Romen
Composer: Levan Basharuli, Gerd Baumann
Production Designer: Christoph Kanter
Costume Design: Esther Amuser
Sound: Max Vornehm
Producer: Annie Brunner, Andreas Richter, Ursula Woerner
Production Company: Roxy Film GmbH
Co-Producer: Dieter Pochlatko, Dr. Cornelia Ackers, Dr. Klaus Lintschinger, Dr. Heinrich Mis
Co-Production Company: epo-film produktionsges.m.b.h., Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), ORF
World Sales: Beta Film GmbH
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
Editor: Dr. Cornelia Ackers (BR), Dr. Klaus Lintschinger (ORF), Dr. Heinrich Mis (ORF)
TV channel: Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) und Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
