Angelo (film)

Angelo
Directed byMarkus Schleinzer
Written byAlexander Brom
Markus Schleinzer
Produced byAlexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Bady Minck
Franz Novotny
Markus Schleinzer
StarringMakita Samba
Alba Rohrwacher
CinematographyGerald Kerkletz
Edited byPia Dumont
Production
company
Novotny & Novotny
Distributed byFilmladen
Grandfilm
Release date
  • 8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesAustria
Luxembourg
LanguagesGerman
French

Angelo is an Austrian-Luxembourgian drama film, directed by Markus Schleinzer and released in 2018.[1] The film is a biographical drama about the life of Angelo Soliman, an African-born man who was brought to Austria in childhood as a slave in the early 18th century, but rose to become a prominent figure in Viennese society in adulthood.[2]

The film stars Makita Samba as Angelo and Alba Rohrwacher as the countess who first educates him in the ways of high society, as well as Larisa Faber, Lukas Miko, Gerti Drassl, Michael Rotschopf, Nancy Mensah-Offei, Martine Schambacher, Marisa Growaldt, Christian Friedel, Anne Klein, Gérard Klamm, Nilton Martins and Pierre Bodry in supporting roles.

The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Guy Lodge, "Film Review: ‘Angelo’". Variety, 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ Wendy Ide, "'Angelo' Toronto Review". Screen Daily, 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2018: Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss films to compete for Platform Prize". Now, 8 August 2018.