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OTTO NEURURER HOPE THROUGH DARKNESS SYNOPSIS In May 1940, Catholic priest Otto Neururer suffered an agonising death which lasted 36 hours in Buchenwald concentration camp. Decades later Heinz Fitz, an ageing actor, goes in search of the traces left behind by the blessed priest, together with juvenile delinquent Sofia and Fr. Anton, who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Heinz wants to heal the shame of his father’s guilt and find peace. His father was a Nazi and did terrible things. Otto Neururer was beatified by Pope Johannes Paul II in 1996. DIRECTORS STATEMENT Violence, lack of respect and intolerance seem to be gaining renewed ground in a more and more complex and ephemeral world. The Catholic priest Otto Neururer was brutally murdered by the Nazis for his non-violent resistance in a concentration camp. The profoundly humane way in which he opposed the totalitarian regime is in many respects exemplar, even in our times. Thus, it was particularly important to our film crew to tell this story, which is touching and at the same time tragic, in a way that would be contemporary, instructive and amusing for the audience. Thanks to the tireless contribution of the entire crew “Otto Neururer” has become a remarkable and unique movie, sending a strong message!
PRODUCED BY OTTFRIED FISCHER AND HERMANN WEISKOPF WRITTEN BY DR. PETER MAIR & KIRSTEN OSSOINIG ACTORS: OTTFRIED FISCHER, LUCAS ZOLGAR, JASMIN MAIRHOFER, HEINZ FITZ, KARL MERKATZ, ANTONIO WANNEK, JULIA GSCHNITZER DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: GINO SGREVA, JESSE KENT SCORE: BERNHARD FALKNER, MARLON PRANTL COSTUME: GWEN MC GUIRK SET DESIGN: HANNES LEITGEB MAKE UP: ALINE KRABACHER SOUND DESIGN: TOMAS BASTIAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GERMANY: ROBERT MÜLLER DIRECTED BY HERMANN WEISKOPF
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RUN TIME 89 MINUTES
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