Revanche
Revanche • 2h 1m
Directed by Götz Spielmann • 2008 • Austria
Starring Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Ursula Strauss
A gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, REVANCHE is the stunning, Oscar-nominated international breakthrough of Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
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Götz Spielmann on REVANCHE
The following interview with director Götz Spielmann was recorded in 2009.
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The Making of REVANCHE
In this 2008 documentary, director Götz Spielmann and his cast and crew share their experiences working on REVANCHE.
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Foreign Land
Directed by Götz Spielmann • 1984 • Austria
FOREIGN LAND (FREMDLAND), made in 1984, was Götz Spielmann’s debut short. It won first prize at the European Film Academy Awards.
