FICTION

Heller als der Mond

Brighter than the Moon

Virgil Widrich
An Italian named Paolo loses his job at a garage. At the same time an Austrian ex-contractor named Melles and his Rumanian driver Knarek rob a bank. Melles discovers that Knarek has smuggled his fiancée Julie over the border in the trunk of his car and tosses her out on the street. The two Lower-Austrian detectives Fischer and Gudrawzcuk begin their search for the bank robbers. Julie meets Paolo who then gives her a ride to Vienna. When they pass another bank, Julie tries to pull a robbery but winds up fainting. Paolo takes Julie to his appartment, but she isn't interested in Paolo. What has captured her interest are Austrian banks, which she says shine "brighter than the moon".
Technical Data
Running time: 88
Format: 35 mm
Screen ratio: 1:1.85
Sound: Dolby Surround
Language spoken: German
Subtitles: English
Production year: 2000
Credits
Director(s): Virgil Widrich
Writer(s): Virgil Widrich, Enrico Jakob
Cinematography: Martin Putz
Editing: Veronika Mossböck
Key cast: Christopher Buchholz, Piroska Székely, Lars Rudolph, Gerhard Liebmann, Werner Prinz, Alexander Ebeert, Horst Buchholz
Producer: Virgil Widrich
Production company
Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H.
Seilerstätte 13
1010 Vienna
tel:+43 1 513 00 00-0