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Tonight

FR/GER/Portugal 2008, 118 min

One night to find an ever-escaping truth fhe last film of Werner Schroeter.

Synopsis

Santa María, a city between life and death. Ossorio, the hero of a failed resistance movement, returns to the besieged city looking for his former friends and his lover. But not only the situation has changed, also his friends: While a unscrupulous militia terrorizes the city, everyone is just busy saving their own skin. This night is the last chance to escape.

Streaming-Info

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Language: German, French (French OV - on the English website - and German dubbed version - on the German website), Subtitles: German, English

Credits

Director
Werner Schroeter
Screenplay
Gilles Taurand, Werner Schroeter (based on the story „Para esta Noche“ by Juan Carlos Onetti)
With
Pascal Greggory, Bruno Todeschini, Jean-Francois Stévenin, Marc Barbé, Amira Casar, Sami Frey, Elsa Zylberstein, Nathalie Delon, Eric Caravacca, Bulle Ogier, Lena Schwarz, Pascale Schiller, Oleg Zhukov, Mostefa Djadjam, Laura Martin, Nils Arestrup
Speaker (German Theatrical Version)
Heikko Deutschmann, Marie-Lou Sellem, Martin Wuttke, Jan Josef Liefers, Rufus Beck, Markus Boysen, Almut Zilcher, Samuel Finzi and many other
Director of Photography
Thomas Plenert
Editor
Julia Grégory, Bilbo Calvez
Music
Eberhard Kloke
Art Director
Alberte Barsacq
Production Design
Isabel Branco
Sound
Pierre Tucat
Sound Design
Christian Obermaier, Jochen Jezussek, Martin Langenbach
Sound Mixing
Matthias Lempert
Production Management
Ana Pinhao Moura, Anne Mattataia, Sabine Steyer
Producers
Paulo Branco, Frieder Schlaich
Produced by
Alfama Films, Filmgalerie 451, Clap Filmes
Founded by
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FFA
World Premiere  
02.09.2008, Venice, IFF
German Premiere
22.10.2008, Hof, Internationale Filmtage
Theatrical Release
02.04.2009

DVD-Details

Extras
Werner Schroeter dubbing NUIT DE CHIEN (Film by Elfi Mikesch, D 2009, 40 min), Interviews with Werner Schroeter, One Frame - all takes, Photo Gallery, Outtakes, Alternative End, Award Ceremony Venice 2008, Trailer
Language
German Theatrical Version, French OV
Subtitles
English, German
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color
Length
118 min + Extras
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
DD 5.1 + 2.0
Set Content
Softbox (Set Content: 2), 12-pages Booklet
Release Date
11.12.2009
Rating
Ab 16 Jahren

Distribution Details

Screening Format
Blu-ray Disc
35mm (contact Deutsche Kinemathek)
Aspect Ratio
35mm, 1:1, 85
Language
German Theatrical Version, French OV
Subtitles
German and English subtitles on request
Promotion Material
A1 Poster
License Area
Germany, Austria, Swiss
Rating
Ab 16 Jahren