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Breathing

Country: Austria, Language: German, 94 mins

Original Title

Atmen
  • Director: Karl Markovics
  • Writer: Karl Markovics
  • Producer: Dieter Pochlatko; Nikolaus Wisiak

CGiii Comment

For a directorial debut, this is simply outstanding.

Sparse in dialogue, rich in characterisation - Scubert manages to shift sentiment through with a finely measured performance...you will grow to like him.

It's grim and it's bleak...but, there is light at the end of the tunnel.


Trailer...

Breathing - Filmatique from FILMATIQUE on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.

Cast & Characters

Thomas Schubert as Roman Kogler;
Karin Lischka as Margit Kogler;
Georg Friedrich as Rudolf Kienast;
Gerhard Liebmann as Walter Fakler;
Stefan Matousch as Gerhard Schorn;
Luna Mijovic as Mona;
Georg Veitl as Jurgen Hefor;
Klaus Rott as Leopold Wesnik;
Michael Duregger as Polizist #2;
Elena Dorfler as Roberta Fakler