#502: SPIELMANN, Götz: Revanche (2008)
SPIELMANN, Götz (Austria)
Revanche [2008]
Spine #502
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
A gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, Revanche is the stunning, Oscar-nominated international breakthrough of Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works in a brothel, where he falls for Ukranian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
122 minutes
Color
Color
Surround
in German
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009
Director/Writer
Götz Spielmann was 47 when he wrote and directed Revanche.
The Film
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Fourteen-page booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
With Spielmann.
The Making of “Revanche”
The Making of “Revanche”
A half-hour documentary shot on the set.
Foreign Land (Fremdland)
Foreign Land (Fremdland)
Spielmann’s award-winning student short film, with an introduction by the director.
U.S. theatrical trailer
U.S. theatrical trailer
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