''Hierankl'' is a German award-winning family drama which premiered on 1 July 2003 at the
Munich Film Festival
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
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The modern ''
Heimatfilm
' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in West Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. '' Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or " ...
'', named after a district in
Surberg, Germany, is the film debut of writer and director
Hans Steinbichler
Hans Sebastian Steinbichler (born 1 November 1966) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Steinbichler grew up in Bernau am Chiemsee, Kothöd in Upper Bavaria. He got his Abitur at the Ludwig-Thoma-Gymnasium Prien am Chiemsee. T ...
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It received several nominations and awards, among them the 2006
Adolf Grimme Award
The Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award), formerly known as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. The Grimme Institute ...
for acting, cinematography, writing and direction.
Cast
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Johanna Wokalek
Johanna Wokalek (born 3 March 1975) is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play '' Rose Bernd''. Wokalek is best known for he ...
– Lene
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Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa (; born 2 February 1950) is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festiv ...
– Rosemarie
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Josef Bierbichler
Josef "Sepp" Bierbichler (born 26 April 1948) is a German actor.
Filmography
* 1976: '' Heart of Glass'' – director: Werner Herzog
* 1976: ''Die Atlantikschwimmer''
* 1977: '' Bierkampf'' – director: Herbert Achternbusch
* 1977: ''Servus ...
– Lukas
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Peter Simonischek
Peter Simonischek (6 August 1946 – 29 May 2023) was an Austrian actor. He was a celebrated stage performer and a regular ensemble member of the Burgtheater from 1999. He often appeared at the Salzburg Festival and had played the title role i ...
– Goetz Hildebrand
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Frank Giering
Frank Giering (23 November 1971 – 23 June 2010) was a German actor.
Biography
Giering studied at the HFF Potsdam. He starred in a production of '' The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole'' and was cast by Austrian filmmaker, Michael Haneke for the ...
– Paul
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Alexander Beyer
Alexander Beyer (born 24 June 1973) is a German actor.
Biography
He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as Volker Schloendorff's '' The Legend of Rita'' (''Die Stille nach dem Schuss'', 1999), Leander Haußmann's ' ...
– Vincenz
References
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2003 films
German drama films
Films set in Bavaria
Grimme-Preis for fiction winners
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Films about incest
2000s German films
Films directed by Hans Steinbichler