NEBEL IM AUGUST
Director Kai Wessel returns to a dark period in the last century for the first feature film to address one of the greatest taboos of German history — the Nazis’ euthanasia program during the Third Reich. Based on Robert Domes’ 2008 historical novel, FOG IN AUGUST centers on the fate of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa who is committed to a mental hospital in 1942 because of his origins in a family of travelers. He soon discovers the truth behind the hospital’s façade and sabotages its euthanasia program to help his new-found friends, but his actions have not gone unnoticed...
Ernst is played by the young Berliner Ivo Pietzcker who left a lasting impression on audiences through the title role in Edward Berger’s award-winning JACK.
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Genre
Drama, History -
CATEGORY
Feature -
DIRECTOR
Kai Wessel -
SCREENPLAY
Holger Karsten Schmidt, based on the historical novel by Robert Domes -
CAST
Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Schubert, Fritzi Haberlandt, David Bennent, Henriette Confurius, Karl Markovics -
PRODUCER
Ulrich Limmer -
CO-PRODUCERS
Danny Krausz, Kalle Friz, Josef Reidinger, Franz Kraus, Antonio Exacoustos, Ernst Eberlein, Caroline von Senden -
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Collina Filmproduktion, in co-production with Dor Film, STUDIOCANAL Produktion, ARRI Media, B.A. Produktion, Ernst Eberlein Filmproduktion, ZDF -
LANGUAGE
German -
SALES
STUDIOCANAL
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