FICTION

Schächten

Schächten – A Retribution

Thomas Roth
Vienna 1960s - The young Jewish business man Victor has to witness how the prosecution of a Nazi crime against his family fails. The political and legal system is still virtually run by former Nazis with large parts of society being entangled in the past. When Victor also loses his grief ridden father and his girlfriend’s family opposes their relationship and his identity, Victor begins to loose faith in formal justice and takes matters in his own hands.
Technical Data
Running time: 110
Format: digital
Language spoken: German
Production year: 2022
Credits
Director(s): Thomas Roth
Writer(s): Thomas Roth
Cinematography: Clemens Majunke
Editing: Birgit Gasser
Key cast: Jeff Wilbusch, Paulus Manker, Miriam Fussenegger, Julia Stemberger, Christian Berkel, Georg Friedrich, Michael Abendroth, Konstantin Frank
Producers: Burkhard Ernst, Katharina Ernst, Thomas Roth, Konstantin Seitz
Premiere:
July 30, 2022
San Francisco (Jewish Film Festival)
Production company
Cult Film GmbH
Wiedner Gürtel 3a
1040 Vienna
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With
Hallmann Entertainment Company (A)
International Sales
Picture Tree International
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