original title:
Iceman
directed by:
cast:
Jürgen Vogel, Franco Nero, Andre Hennicke, Sabin Tambrea, Martin Schneider, Susanne Wuest, Violetta Schurawlow, Anna F., Axel Stein, Martin Augustin Schneider, Paula Renzler
screenplay:
cinematography:
Jakub Bejnarowicz
editing:
Vessela Martschewski
set design:
Juliane Friedrich
costume design:
Cinzia Cioffi
producer:
Andreas Pichler, Maja Wieser Benedetti, Jan Krüger, Oliver Schündler, Boris Ausserer, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck
production:
Port-Au-Prince Film & Kulturproduktion, Echo Film, Lucky Bird Pictures, Amour Fou, Sky, in collaboration with ZDF, Arte, ORF Film, with the support of IDM Film Commission Südtirol
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Germany/Italy/Austria
year:
2017
film run:
97'
format:
DCP - colour
festivals & awards:
The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. A Neolithic clan has settled near a creek. It is their leader Kelab's responsibility to be the keeper of the group's holy shrine Tineka. While Kelab is hunting, the settlement is at- tacked. The members of the tribe are brutally murdered, amongst them Kelab's wife and son, only one newborn survives - and Tineka is gone. Blinded by pain and fury, Kelab is out for one thing alone - vengeance. The pursuit of the murderers is shaping up to be quite an odyssey for Kelab. He fights for the infant's survival and against the forces of nature. And a fatal error even turns Kelab from hunter to hunted. On top of all that, the loneliness causes Kelab to doubt his actions more and more. When Kelab finally faces the murderers of his clan, his greatest challenge will be not to become a victimizer himself.