The Wall (2012 film)

The Wall
Theatrical release poster
GermanDie Wand
Directed byJulian Pölsler
Written byJulian Pölsler
Based onThe Wall
by Marlen Haushofer
Produced by
  • Wasiliki Bleser
  • Rainer Kölmel
  • Antonin Svoboda
  • Bruno Wagner
StarringMartina Gedeck
Cinematography
  • Markus Fraunholz
  • Martin Gschlacht
  • Bernhard Keller
  • Helmut Pirnat
  • Hans Selikovsky
  • Richard Wagner
Edited by
  • Thomas Kohler
  • Bettina Mazakarini
Production
companies
  • Coop99 Filmproduktion
  • Starhaus Filmproduktion
Distributed by
  • StudioCanal (Germany)
  • Thim Film (Austria)
Release date
Running time
108 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman
Box office$1.2 million[2]

The Wall (German: Die Wand) is a 2012 Austrian-German drama film written and directed by Julian Pölsler and starring Martina Gedeck.[3] Based on the 1963 novel Die Wand by Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer and adapted for the screen by Julian Pölsler, the film is about a woman who visits with friends at their hunting lodge in the Austrian Alps. Left alone while her friends walk to a nearby village, the woman soon discovers she is cut off from all human contact by a mysterious invisible wall. With her friends' loyal dog Lynx as her companion, she lives the next three years in isolation looking after her animals. The Wall was filmed on location in the Salzkammergut region of the Austrian Alps.[4] The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[5] but it was not nominated.

  1. ^ "Berlin festival buzz: Panorama". Screen Daily. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ "The Wall (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "The Wall (2012)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. ^ Julian Pölsler (director) (2013). The Wall (DVD). Chicago: Music Box Films.
  5. ^ "Oscars: Austria Goes to 'The Wall' for Foreign-Language Entry". Hollywood Reporter. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.