Time of the Wolf (2003) Le temps du loup (original title)

Director:

Michael Haneke

Writer:

Michael Haneke (writer)

Release Date:

8 October 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.

Plot Keywords:

Stranger | Mirror | Refugee Camp | Food Crisis | Reference To God

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Anne Laurent
Béatrice Dalle	...	Lise Brandt
Patrice Chéreau	...	Thomas Brandt
Rona Hartner	...	Arina
Maurice Bénichou	...	M. Azoulay
Olivier Gourmet	...	Koslowski
Brigitte Roüan	...	Béa
Lucas Biscombe	...	Ben
Hakim Taleb	...	Young runaway
Anaïs Demoustier	...	Eva
Serge Riaboukine	...	The leader
Maryline Even	...	Mme Azoulay
Florence Loiret Caille	...	Nathalie Azoulay (as Florence Loiret-Caille)
Branko Samarovski	...	Policeman
Daniel Duval	...	Georges Laurent
Thierry van Werveke	...	Jean
Michaël Abiteboul	...	Armed man
Pierre Berriau	...	Fred, the killer in the chalet
Costel Cascaval	...	Constantin
Luminita Gheorghiu	...	Mrs. Homolka
Franck Gourlat	...	Water seller
François Hauteserre	...	The music lover
Maria Hofstätter	...	Quarrelsome woman
Valérie Moreau	...	Fred's wife
Claude Singeot	...	Razor-blade man
Ina Strnad	...	Chalet child
Adriana Trandafir	...	Marya
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roman Agrinz
Peter Bartak
Gabriela Bauer
Ileana Brancau
Alexander Bárta
Georg Friedrich
Simon Hatzl
Alexandra Höftmann
Silke Jandl
Edmund Jäger
Dorothea Kocsis
Natascha Kuhskova
Carmen Loley
Andreas Lust
Huttová Margita
Marian Mitas
Martin Najalka
Klaus Ortner
Maria Esperanza Paraschiv
Petru Pecican
Andreas Puehringer
Sonja Romei
Christoph Theußl
Sophie Wimmer-Lieb
Christian Wlach
Werner Wultsch	...	Bauernbursche
Mira Zeichmann

Directed by
Michael Haneke

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Haneke		writer

Produced by
Veit Heiduschka	....	producer
Michael Katz	....	executive producer
Margaret Ménégoz	....	producer
Michael Weber	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Jürgen Jürges

Film Editing by
Nadine Muse
Monika Willi

Casting by
Markus Schleinzer

Production Design by
Christoph Kanter

Art Direction by
James David Goldmark

Costume Design by
Lisy Christl

Makeup Department
Nikolaj Espinosa Bach	....	makeup artist
Elzbieta Bumbul	....	makeup artist
Ellen Just	....	makeup artist
Claus Lulla	....	makeup artist
Stéphane Malheu	....	makeup artist
Thi-Loan Nguyen	....	makeup artist
Waldemar Pokromski	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Fabien Courage	....	unit manager
Roman Haschberger	....	unit manager
Nathalie Nghet	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Katharina Biró	....	second assistant director
Hanus Polak Jr.	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Peter Ecker	....	property master: outdoor

Sound Department
Sophie Chiabaut	....	boom operator
Philippe Dongé	....	sound mix technician
William Franck	....	reshoot sound recordist
Eric Grattepain	....	foley artist
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound mixer
Jakob Schäfer	....	boom operator
Guillaume Sciama	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Peter Hric	....	stunts
Roman Jankovic	....	stunt rider
Michael Sandala	....	horse wrangler

Camera and Electrical Department
Carol Burandt von Kameke	....	second assistant camera
Christoph Grasser	....	camera trainee
Oliver Haas	....	best boy electric
Marcus Kanter	....	additional assistant camera
Oliver Lechner	....	assistant camera
Wolfgang Lederer	....	dolly
Andre Mayerhofer	....	lighting technician
Jörg Mohr	....	gaffer
Christoph Nickel	....	gaffer
Gerald Piesch	....	clapper loader
Robert Stopfer	....	first assistant camera
Volker Vahl	....	lighting technician
Markus Veh	....	lighting technician
Jörg Widmer	....	Steadicam operator
Martin Zoigner	....	lighting technician

Casting Department
Raluca Jacono-Muntean	....	casting assistant
Raluca Jacono-Muntean	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brigitte Fink	....	wardrobe
Barbara Hägele	....	wardrobe
Evelyn Thell	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Yannick Coutheron	....	assistant editor
Alarich Lenz	....	assistant editor
Willi Willinger	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Eva Jürgens	....	production driver

Other crew
Nouma Bordj	....	production assistant
Amira Chemakhi	....	production accountant: France
Jean-Baptiste Filleau	....	continuity
Peter Hric	....	horse master
Raluca Jacono-Muntean	....	dialogue coach
Ulrike Lässer	....	production coordinator
Mathias Mayer	....	set manager
Christa Preisinger	....	production accountant
Erell Tanguy	....	production secretary
Karl Lang	....	animal trainer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bavaria Film
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Eurimages
• France 3 Cinéma
• Les Films du Losange
• Wega Film
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• Les Films du Losange (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Artificial Eye (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Atalanta Filmes (2004) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Belga Films (2003) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Bright Angel Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Camera Film (2004) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2003) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (200?) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2004) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Intercinema Art Agency (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Kamras Film Group (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Palm Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Rosebud (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• SEG (200?) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Triangelfilm (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Ventura Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2003-2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2005) (Greece) (VHS)
• Divisa Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Future Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (New Zealand) (DVD)
• Palm Pictures (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Total Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• absolut MEDIEN (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Animal Action  animal training
• LISTO Videofilm  post-production
• Libra Film  casting

Also Known As:

"Le temps du loup" - France (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and sexuality/nudity

Runtime:

France:113 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Hong Kong:113 min (Hong Kong International Film Festival) | Argentina:114 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:114 min

Country:

France | Austria | Germany

Language:

French | Romanian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 (f) | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Großmittel, Ebenfurth, Lower Austria, Austria

Company:

Bavaria Film

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Michael Haneke] [character name]Isabelle Huppert's character is named Anne Laurent.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end, Ben's nose is bleeding and he is awake and crying. He wipes the blood from his face and more blood seems to run from his nose across his cheek - but when he sniffs and his cheek moves, the stream of blood does not move with the cheek.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Inthierryview (2008)

A Chilling Pleasure

Just saw TIME OF THE WOLF in New York City, and it is a complete pleasure. A very subtle film about individual and mass psychology after an unnamed cataclysm.

Also a cautionary tale about having plenty of fresh batteries, lighters, and a good knife, or knives, on hand (you never know when you're going to have to skin your own dinner; hey, call me extreme when that unnamed cataclysm comes around).

An added bonus: no digital effects (although I think they got lucky with fog one day, and made a beautiful scene with it), no manic editing as a substitute for storytelling, no facile heroics, no predictable deus ex machina...it will cleanse the visual palette. It stars Isabelle Huppert, but she is so naturalistic you forget she's Isabelle Huppert.

For an altogether different, but equally pleasurable, although more theatrical, yet completely underrated take on the unnamed cataclysm bit, see

A BOY AND HIS DOG. A dream of a movie.