Afire
While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston Uibel) are surprised to encounter Nadja (Paula Beer), a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at the holiday home of Felix’s family. Nadja soon distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel, not only because of her passionate liaison with lifeguard Devid (Enno Trebs) but also because her brutal honesty forces Leon to confront his artistic inadequacies. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and pushes the writer to discover whether he can truly care for anything beyond himself. Christian Petzold’s acclaimed latest film was the winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival.
Janus Contemporaries releases Blu-ray and DVD editions of first-run films, fresh from theaters, in association with the Criterion Channel.
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Christian Petzold
- Trailer
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Christian Petzold
- Trailer
Cast
- Thomas Schubert
- Leon
- Paula Beer
- Nadja
- Langston Uibel
- Felix
- Enno Trebs
- Devid
- Matthias Brandt
- Helmut
Credits
- Director
- Christian Petzold
- Writer
- Christian Petzold
- Director of photography
- Hans Fromm
- Producer
- Florian Koerner von Gustorf
- Producer
- Michael Weber
- Producer
- Anton Kaiser
- Editor
- Bettina Böhler
- Production design
- K. D. Gruber
- Costume design
- Katharina Ost
- Casting
- Simone Bär
- Sound
- Andreas Mücke-Niesytka
- Sound
- Lars Ginzel
- Sound
- Adrian Baumeister
- Sound
- Dominik Schleier
- Sound
- Marek Forreiter
- Sound
- Bettina Böhler
- Makeup
- Hannah Fischleder
- Makeup
- Oliver Hildebrandt
- Gaffer
- Christoph Dehmel
- Assistant director
- Ires Jung
- Production manager
- Dorissa Berninger
- Commissioning editor
- Caroline von Senden
- Commissioning editor
- Claudia Tronnier
- Commissioning editor
- Simon Ofenloch
Trailer for Afire
