A Hidden Life - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "A Hidden Life"
A Hidden Life (2019)
Timing:
2:54 (174 min)
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Actors and characters
Maria Simon
Character Resie
Karin Neuhäuser
Character Rosalia Jägerstätter
Wolfgang Michael
Character Eckinger
Johan Leysen
Character Ohlendorf
Waldemar Kobus
Character Stein
Sophie Rois
Character Tante
Max Mauff
Character Sterz
Nicholas Reinke
Character Father Moericke
Alexander Radszun
Character Scharfrichter
Chris Theisinger
Character Prisoner
Ida Muttschlechner
Character Rosi Jägerstätter
Ermin Sijamija
Character Ermin
Thomas Mraz
Character Prosecutor Lars
Robin Oberhollenzer
Character Admirer of Resie
Max Malatesta
Character Max
Maria Weger
Character Maridl Jägerstätter
Aennie Lade
Character Loisi Jägerstätter
Mark Waschke
Character Spitz
Felix Römer
Character Policeman
Andro Sarishvili
Character Andro
Levan Khurtsia
Character Levan
Markus Schwärzer
Character Linz Sergeant
Ulrich Brandhoff
Character Captain Jürgen
Michael Steinocher
Character Officer Kersting
Leo Baumgartner
Character Toni Strohhofer
Maria Stadler
Character Maria
Oliver Pezzi
Character Fitz
Dieter Kosslick
Character Richter Walter Musshoff
Bernd Hölscher
Character Judge Ranft
Christian Sengenwald
Character Fr. Kreutzberg
Moritz Katzmair
Character Martin
Amber Shave
Character Young Rosi Jägerstätter
Barbara Stampfl
Character Young Maridl Jägerstätter
Johannes Gabl
Character Hessler
Katja Lechthaler
Character Frau Pate
Monika Lennartz
Character Frau Schuster
Horst Saller
Character Enns Officer
Leonard Kunz
Character Scharfrichter's Assistant
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the correspondence between Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) and his wife Franziska, or Fanny.
- The pre-production period lasted 10 weeks, followed by filming (8 weeks) and almost 3 years of post-production.
- This is the final film featuring actors Mikael Nyqvist (1960-2017) and Bruno Ganz (1941-2019).
- The film's title comes from a phrase by George Eliot (English novelist, born Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880) from her 1871-1872 novel 'Middlemarch'.
- Artificial lighting was rarely used during filming. As a rule (and this applied even to scenes filmed in prison), the crew would choose the appropriate time of day and work until the light faded.
- This story is virtually unknown outside of St. Radegund. It became known thanks to Gordon Zahn, an American who visited there in the 1970s.
- The bedroom in the film is shown as it remained in the Egerstetter house. Samples of embroidery that Fanny worked on hang on the walls. Franz and Fanny’s daughters, Maria, Rosalia, and Eloise still live in or near St. Radegund. Fanny passed away in 2013 at the age of 100.
- A special screening of the film was organized a couple of days before its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The screening was held at the Egerstorfer's home for their daughters. According to the lead actress, the film was enjoyed by all three sisters.
- The film was shot in 8 weeks in July and August of 2016.
- Franz Jägerstätter served at the local church – he cleaned the church, rang the bell, and made preparations for weddings and funerals, without taking any payment for it.
- The idea to make this film came to Terrence Malick and producer Grant Hill while working on the war drama 'The Thin Red Line' (1998). Before starting filming in 2016, the director met with Jägerstätter's daughters.
- The film was originally titled 'Radegund'.
- Nowadays, the fields around St. Radegund are sown with corn (which was not the case in the first half of the last century) and dotted with high-voltage power lines and modern houses. The filmmakers had to search for filming locations higher in the mountains.
- The characters in the film quote the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (between 429 and 427 BC – 347 BC) – “It is better to suffer injustice than to do it” and “Nothing bad ever happens to a good person.”
- An epigraph before the script features a quote from Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) – a Danish religious philosopher, psychologist, and writer, the founder of existentialism. “When a tyrant dies, his reign ends. When a martyr dies, everything is just beginning.”
- On the wall in the living room of the Jägerstetter house are the very same clocks whose chimes Fanny listened to at 4 p.m. on August 9, 1943, at the moment of Franz's execution, when she suddenly felt his presence.
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