Synopsis
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 Ukrainian 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.
Cast
| Alex | Johannes Krisch |
| Tamara | Irina Potapenko |
| Susanne | Ursula Strauss |
| Robert | Andreas Lust |
| Hausner | Hannes Thanheiser |
| Konecny | Hanno Pöschl |
Credits
| Director | Götz Spielmann |
| Cinematography | Martin Gschlacht |
| Producer | Sandra Bohle, Mathias Forberg, Götz Spielmann and Heinz Stussak |
| Screenplay | Götz Spielmann |
| Sound | Heinz Ebner |
| Editing | Karina Ressler |
| Production Design | Maria Gruber |
| Costumes | Monika Buttinger |
| Makeup | Susanne Weichesmiller |
| Casting | Rita Waszilovics |
| Sound editor | Bernhard Bamberger |
| Production manager | Stephanie Wagner |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Götz Spielmann (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- New video interview with Spielmann
- The Making of “Revanche,” a half-hour documentary shot on the set
- Foreign Land (Fremdland), Spielmann’s award-winning student short film, with an introduction by the director
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White
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