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Released 10 years ago.
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Fog in August
2016 2h 6m DE
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7.4
SOLID
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7.3
IMDB
★7.4TMDB · 108★7.3IMDB · 3,035
Drama
Synopsis
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A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than five thousand children died in the Nazi euthanasia program.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ivo Pietzcker
Ernst Lossa
Sebastian Koch
Dr. Werner Veithausen
Fritzi Haberlandt
Head nurse Sophia
Thomas Schubert
Paul Hechtle
Henriette Confurius
Edith Kiefer
Branko Samarovski
Max Witt
David Bennent
Oja
Karl Markovics
Christian Lossa
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kai Wessel
- Writers
- Holger Karsten Schmidt
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Austria, Germany
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Austria, Germany.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Kai Wessel, shot by Hagen Bogdanski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Martin Todsharow. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Tina Freitag shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Ivo Pietzcker and Sebastian Koch and Fritzi Haberlandt carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt4250566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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The take
Kai Wessel directs. Hagen Bogdanski behind the camera. Martin Todsharow scores. Tina Freitag cuts. Produced in Austria, Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 10 years ago.
- 2International production across 2 countries: Austria, Germany.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Kai Wessel, shot by Hagen Bogdanski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Martin Todsharow. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Tina Freitag shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Ivo Pietzcker and Sebastian Koch and Fritzi Haberlandt carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt4250566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Hagen Bogdanski
- Original score
- Martin Todsharow
- Editing
- Tina Freitag
- Production design
- Christoph Kanter
- Runtime
- 126 min · 2h 6m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- 12
- IMDB rating
- 7.3/10 · 3,035 votes
Awards
7 wins & 3 nominations
Also by
Kai Wessel
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- CO
Collina Film
Constantin Film
DE
Dor Film
AT
StudioCanal
DE
- AR
ARRI Media
DE
- B.
B.A. Filmproduktion
ZDF
DE
- ER
Ernst Eberlein Filmproduktion
ORF
AT
Key crew
- Line ProducerIsmael Feichtl
- NovelRobert Domes
- ProducerUlrich Limmer
- EditorTina Freitag
- Production DesignChristoph Kanter
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2016-09-2912
Also known as
International titles
- Fog in AugustGR
