Lenz

Switzerland / Germany, February 2006
FILM, Fiction, 96 min.

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directed by
Thomas Imbach
Written by
Thomas Imbach
Status
In distribution
Website
www.lenz-film.ch

The filmmaker Lenz has left his native Berlin for the Vosges to research the story behind Georg Büchner's novel fragment Lenz. But he soon trades the Alsatian landscape for higher altitudes and more emotional territory: a reunion with his estranged wife Natalie and their son Noah in the Swiss Alps. Like his literary counterpart, the modern-day Lenz follows the Romantic motto: Genius writes its own rules. Against a background of kitsch global tourism – provided by the authentic Zermatt locations – Thomas Imbach's Lenz portrays an unconventional family and a man struggling between euphoria and desperation.

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World Premiere
February 2006
Original Version
Swiss-German, German (english subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 96 min.
Production
Bachim Film, Pandora Film Produktion, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Thomas Imbach
Written by
Thomas Imbach
Cinemato­graphy
Jürg Hassler
Editing
Thomas Imbach, Jürg Hassler
Music
Peter Bräker, Balz Bachmann

Cast

Milan Peschel
Barbara Terpoorten
Noah Gsell
Barbara Heynen

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Bachim Film

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Pathé Films AG Distribution

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