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At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, Revanche is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara (Irina Potapenko). Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop (Andreas Lust) and his seemingly content wife (Ursula Strauss). With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
Original Release
05/16/2008
US Release
05/01/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Johannes Krisch | Alex |
Irina Potapenko | Tamara |
Andreas Lust | Robert |
Ursula Strauss | Susanne |
Johannes Thanheiser | Grandfather Hausner / Der Alte |
Hanno Pöschl | Konecny - Tamara's Boss / Konecny |
Magdalena Kropiunig | Prostitute in Hotel |
Toni Slama | Tamara's Customer |
Elisabetha Pejcinoska | Cinderella Prostitute #1 |
Aniko Bärkanyi | Cinderella Prostitute #2 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Johannes Krisch | Alex |
Irina Potapenko | Tamara |
Andreas Lust | Robert |
Ursula Strauss | Susanne |
Johannes Thanheiser | Grandfather Hausner / Der Alte |
Hanno Pöschl | Konecny - Tamara's Boss / Konecny |
Magdalena Kropiunig | Prostitute in Hotel |
Toni Slama | Tamara's Customer |
Elisabetha Pejcinoska | Cinderella Prostitute #1 |
Aniko Bärkanyi | Cinderella Prostitute #2 |
Annamaria Haytö | Cinderella Prostitute #3 |
Nicoletta Prokes | Cinderella Prostitute #4 |
Rainer Gradischnig | Harry - Man Beating Tamara |
Haris Bilajbegovic | Man stopping Harry |
Aleksander Reljic-Bohigas | Owner of Cinderella |
Michael-Joachim Heiss | Day Porter at Hotel / Tagportier |
Günther Laha | Night Porter at Hotel |
Max Schmiedl | Police Officer #1 |
Gerhard Liebmann Holzmann | Police Officer #2 |
Johannes Zeiler | Police Officer #3 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gotz Spielmann | Producer |
Sandra Bohle | Producer |
Thomas Feldkircher | Producer |
Mathias Forberg | Producer |
Heinz Stussak | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2009 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | Nominated |