- Schneeland (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Schneeland
| caption = 2005 Sundance Film Festival movie poster for "Schneeland".
director = Hans W. Geissendörfer
producer = Hans W. Geissendörfer
writer = Hans W. Geissendörfer
Elisabeth Rynell (novel)
starring =Thomas Kretschmann Julia Jentsch
Maria Schrader
music = Irmin Schmidt
cinematography = Hans-Günther Bücking
editing = Peter Przygodda
Oliver Grothoff | distributor = Concorde Filmverleih GmbH
released =January 20 , 2005
runtime = 142 min.
language = German
Faroese | budget =
imdb_id = 0378715"Schneeland" (German: "Snowland") is a 2005 film written and directed by German filmmaker Hans W. Geissendörfer. Based on the novel "Hohaj" by Elisabeth Rynell, it depicts the devastation felt by Elizabeth (Maria Schrader), a woman who had lost her husband in a car accident and wants to leave her three young children to join him in death by wandering out into the snowy deserts of Lapland. As she wanders through the snow, Elizabeth discovers the story of Aron (
Thomas Kretschmann ) and Ina (Julia Jentsch ), a couple who overcame dark secrets and over-controlling family members to be with each other. Elizabeth draws hope from their story and gains the courage to return home to her life and her children."Schneeland" premiered in January 2005 at the
Sundance Film Festival and was released nationwide in German later that month. At theDeutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards) in 2005, it was nominated for four awards including Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. It won for Best Cinematography.External links
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* [http://www.schneeland-derfilm.de/ Schneeland-derfilm.de] – Official website (in English and German)
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