Rupture (2022)
Mrs. Pospisil lives alone in an apartment in an old building in Vienna. The elderly lady's increasing forgetfulness prompts her son to suggest that she move into a nursing home. But then suddenly a crack opens up in one of the walls of her apartment, through which something enters Mrs. Pospisil's world that will change her life forever. Paul Ertl's highly efficient and picture-perfect The Crack is a psychologically underpinned mid-length horror miniature that transforms into a utopia as casual as it is original as it is gently disturbing, and is ultimately also a powerful plea for the autonomy of older people.
Director: Paul Ertl
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Berta Kammer as |
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Philipp Hochmair as |
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Eva Maria Marold as |
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Markus Schleinzer as |
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Max Ortner as |
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Johannes Deckenbacher as |
| Directing | Paul Ertl | Director |
| Camera | Lukas Schöffel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Paul Eckhart | Editor |
| Production | Marija Burtscher | Producer |