Hell (2011)

Director:

Tim Fehlbaum

Writers:

Tim Fehlbaum (screenplay) &
Oliver Kahl (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 September 2011 (Germany)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

In the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun. |

Plot Keywords:

Future | Gagged Woman | Little Sister | Forest | Gagged

Awards:

9 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Hannah Herzsprung	...	Marie
Stipe Erceg	...	Tom
Lisa Vicari	...	Leonie
Michael Kranz	...	Micha (voice)
Lars Eidinger	...	Phillip
Angela Winkler	...	Bäurin
Lilo Baur	...	Französin
Anne Sarah Hartung	...	Sophia
Christoph Gaugler	...	Brückner
Yoann Blanc	...	Sohn Micha
Nino Böhlau	...	Flori
Luca Winkler	...	Jens
Ellen Schweiger	...	Oma
Tammo Winkler	...	Toni
Lutz Pretzsch	...	Anton
Marco Calamandrei	...	Franzose
Hans-Peter Recktenwald	...	Flüchtiger
Dieter Hilpmann	...	Gefangener

Directed by
Tim Fehlbaum

Writing credits
Tim Fehlbaum		(screenplay) &
Oliver Kahl		(screenplay) &
Thomas Wöbke		(screenplay)

Produced by
Roland Emmerich	....	executive producer
Stefan Gärtner	....	co-producer
Ruth Waldburger	....	co-producer
Gabriele Walther	....	producer
Thomas Wöbke	....	producer

Original Music by
Lorenz Dangel

Cinematography by
Markus Förderer

Film Editing by
Andreas Menn

Casting by
An Dorthe Braker

Production Design by
Heike Lange

Costume Design by
Leonie Leuenberger

Makeup Department
Georg Korpas	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ola Czarniecka	....	second assistant director
Lars Gmehling	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Johanna Fanderl	....	assistant production designer
Kerstin Grund	....	property master
Staub Lisa	....	art department trainee
Doro Polstorff	....	standby props
Olivia Rieser	....	set dresser
Bettina Sailer	....	set dresser
Peter Schuler	....	construction coordinator
Ziehn Vanessa	....	art department trainee
Anna Wagner	....	assistant property master
Thomas Wimmer	....	swing

Sound Department
Hubert Bartholomae	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pit Kuhlmann	....	dialogue editor
Philipp Sellier	....	sound effects editor
Christoph von Schönburg	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Ernst Lanninger	....	special effects
Jan Singh	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Silvio Alberti	....	compositor
Gabriel Dedic	....	supervising digital colourist
Renato Huber	....	junior compositor
Romeo Janczer	....	junior compositor
Miklos Kozary	....	compositing supervisor
Jan-Hilmar Petersen	....	set vfx supervisor
Stephan Schweizer	....	lead compositor

Stunts
Petr Dvorak	....	stunt player: Kannibale
Mac Steinmeier	....	stunt team

Camera and Electrical Department
Anton Förtsch	....	lighting technician
Pablo Gotzes	....	data capture
Pablo Gotzes	....	second assistant camera
Andreas König	....	lighting technician
Ken MacDonald	....	first assistant camera
Theo Oppenländer	....	gaffer
Oliver Schill	....	first assistant camera
Clemens Treml	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Saskia Garrebeek	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catherine Schneider	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Luc Bonnet	....	score mixer
Falko Duczmal	....	protools engineer
Tilo M. Heinrich	....	music preparation
Tilo M. Heinrich	....	percussion: musician
Michael Schubert	....	score: recorded and mixed by

Other crew
Linn Kohlmetz	....	production coordinator
Berit Norrenberg	....	legal advisor (as Berit Wetzel)
Lena Prosteder	....	production assistant

Thanks
Bernd Eichinger	....	thanks
Hans-Christian Schmid	....	thanks
Eva Von Malotky	....	thanks
Hansjörg Weißbrich	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions
• Claussen Wöbke Putz Filmproduktion
• Paramount Pictures
• Seven Pictures
• Vega Film GmbH

Distributors

• Albatros Film (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• ARC Entertainment (II) (2012) (USA) (all media)
• Against Gravity (2012) (Poland) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2012) (UK) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2012) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Mongrel Media (2012) (Canada) (all media)
• Swift Distribution (2012) (France) (all media)

Special Effects

• Elefant Studios

Other Companies

• Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI)  funding (post-production)
• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF)  funding
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film  funding
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• Zuercher Filmstiftung  funding

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence

Runtime:

Germany:89 min

Country:

Germany | Switzerland

Language:

German | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16 | Singapore:PG13 | South Korea:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Corsica, France

Company:

Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions

Trivia:

The title 'Hell' is the German word for 'bright'.

Soundtrack:

99 Luftballons

Stake-Land meets The Road, an original post-apocalyptic film!

Tim Fehlbaum, Screenwriter and Director of "Hell", has sure taken a difficult and unrewarding challenge upon himself: to make an original post-apocalyptic film, and a good one. And despite what those who enjoy complaining would say - he has done a pretty good job!

Unlike most films, "Hell" keeps things disturbingly realistic, portraying a world in the near by future where global warming has made temperatures dangerously high. All the too-familiar motives of such films are there - scavenging for food/gas, water as the highest currency, some people turned to savages by the harsh reality, distrust and bonding, all of it. And even so, after The Road, I Legend, Book of Eli etc etc, Hell still proved to be very enjoyable. It even has some vampire-films motives, especially "Stake-Land".

Acting, screenplay, cinematography, all weren't innovative, but still good. All in all I've always enjoyed the more realistic post-apocalyptic films, and Hell is definitely one worthy of watching!