A film by Xaver Böhm. "O Beautiful Night" celebrated its world premiere in The Panorama Section of The Berlin International Film Festival 2019

Year  2019

Length: 89 min

Format:   1:1,85

Country of production  GER

Synopsis

Although Juri is young, he lives in constant fear of dying. Nightly panic attacks for him are routine – but one night he meets a dark figure who claims to be Death incarnate. So begins a bizarro-Faustian trip together through the night, during which Juri meets Nina and falls in love with her. But come dawn, one of them must die.

Production

A Komplizen Film (Germany) production, in co-production with ZDF-Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and Arte; Funded by the Minister of State for Culture and Media, German Federal Film Fund, German Federal Film Board, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.

Cast

Juri

Noah Saavedra

Der Tod

Marko Mandić

Nina

Vanessa Loibl

Team

Directed by 

Xaver Böhm

Screenplay  

Xaver Böhm

Ariana Berndl

Director of Photography

Jieun Yi

Editing

Florian Miosge

Art Director

Olivier Meidinger

Costume Design

Aline Hollstein

Make Up

Anna Kunz

Casting

Nina Haun

Sound Design

Linus Nickl

Line Producer

Ben von Dobeneck

Producers

Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)

Awards

Lucca Film Festival

Best Film by the Student Jury

Imagine Film Festival

Best European Film

Deutscher Kamerapreis

Nominated for Best Cinematography Fiction Film Jieun Yiv

Deutscher Filmpreis

Nominated for Best Cinematography Jieun Yi

Festivals

Berlinale 2019

Panorama

Lucca Film Festival

Imagine Film Festival

Transilvania International Film Festival

Deutsche Filmwoche Mexiko

Brisbane International Film Festival

Sitges International Film Festival

Leiden International Film Festival

Panorama Film Festival Cairo

Noordelijk Film Festival

European Film Forum Scanorama

Ljubljana International Film Festival

Festival of German Films in China

Distribution

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