Voyager (film)

"The Voyager" redirects here. For other uses, see Voyager.
Voyager
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVolker Schlöndorff
Screenplay byRudy Wurlitzer
Based onHomo Faber
by Max Frisch
Produced byEberhard Junkersdorf
Starring
Narrated bySam Shepard
Cinematography
Edited byDagmar Hirtz
Music byStanley Myers
Production
companies
  • Action Films
  • Bioskop Film
  • Stefi 2
Distributed byCastle Hill Productions (US)
Release dates
  • 21 March 1991 (1991-03-21) (Germany)
  • 31 January 1992 (1992-01-31) (US)
Running time
117 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$516,517 (US)[1]

Voyager (German: Homo Faber) is a 1991 English-language drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, and Barbara Sukowa. Adapted by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer from the 1957 novel Homo Faber by Max Frisch, the film is about a successful engineer traveling throughout Europe and the Americas whose world view based on logic, probability, and technology is challenged when he falls victim to fate, or a series of incredible coincidences.[2]

Voyager won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Production (Eberhard Junkersdorf), the German Film Award for Shaping of a Feature Film, and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas Award for Best German Film. It was also nominated for three European Film Awards for Best Film, Best Actress (Julie Delpy), and Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Sukowa), as well as a German Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film.[3]

  1. ^ Voyager at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Voyager". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Awards for Voyager". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 November 2011.