Project Detail

A Winter's Journey

Synopsis

Set in Bavaria in 1812 and combining live action performance with 3D environments and hand-painted animation, A WINTER’S JOURNEY is the story of an itinerant lovelorn poet who is banished from society and undertakes a hazardous walk across mountains, ice and snow - a journey which will bring either death or a new life. Based on Franz Schubert's timeless classic song cycle 'Winterreise'.

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of film: Features
Director: Alex Helfrecht
Producer: Jörg Tittel, Richard Mansell, Reinhard Brunding, Hugh Welchman, Benoit Roland,
Screenwriter: Alex Helfrecht (screenplay), Sam Snape (story consultant)
Principal cast: John Malkovich, Marcin Czarnik, Martina Gedeck, Jason Isaacs, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Gabriella Moran

Genre

Music Woman Director Dance

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund

Germany, Poland, Belgium, France, UK co-production

A Pandora Film (DE), BreakThru Films (PO), Wrong Men North (BE), Rumble Fish (FR), Oiffy (UK) production.

Winters Journey Ltd

c/o Oiffy
10B Lyme Terrace
London
NW1 0SN

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Sales Company

MK2 Films

55 Rue Traversière
75012 Paris
France

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