3096 Days (2013)

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the factual case of Natascha Kampusch.

Director:

Sherry Hormann

Writers:

Ruth Toma (screenplay), Bernd Eichinger (unfinished screenplay)

Stars:

Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Thure Lindhardt, Amelia Pidgeon

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antonia Campbell-Hughes	...	Natascha Kampusch
Thure Lindhardt	...	Wolfgang Priklopil
Amelia Pidgeon	...	Young Natascha
Trine Dyrholm	...	Natascha's Mother
Dearbhla Molloy	...	Wolfgang's Mother
Roeland Wiesnekker	...	Natascha's Father
Ellen Schwiers	...	Natascha's Grandmother
Erni Mangold	...	Wolfgang's Grandmother
Sebastian Weber	...	Ernst Holzapfel
Tina Grawe
Angelina Noa	...	Russian Woman
Nicholas Reinke
Thomas Loibl
Henry Schindler
Michael A. Grimm	...	Policeman

Storyline

Based on real life events. 10 years old Austrian girl, Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped on March 03, 1998, on her way to school. She spent 8 and a half years under strict captivity by her kidnapper, and managed to survive one of the cruelest experiences a child should never have.

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapping | based on real events | psychological torture | survivor | violence against a woman | 

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Taglines:

Die wahre Geschichte der Natascha Kampusch (The true story of Natascha Kampusch)

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 2013 (Germany)

Also Known As:

3096

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,677,474

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film, ARD Degeto Film, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Antonia Campbell-Hughes was 30 years old when the film was shot. Natascha Kampusch was 18 years old when she escaped from her kidnapper.

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Goofs

At Natascha's 18 birthday, she has long hair. The next scene, she has a bad "bob" haircut. In the following scene, her hair is long again. It's not even 6 months yet, and her hair went to long, short, and long again.

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Quotes

Natascha Kampusch: Why did you pick me?
Wolfgang Priklopil: I've seen your smile.

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Connections

Featured in Natascha Kampusch - Ein Schicksal im Rampenlicht (2013)

User Reviews

A missed opportunity

I came to this movie having read Natascha Kampusch's book of the same name, and watched a documentary about the case.

In it's favour the events depicted in the film are pretty accurate to how they were described in the book. Wolfgang Přiklopil's house and the cell he built are close to how they really were.

But is authenticity enough to make this a good movie? Well, not really.

The film feels very flat, there is very little sense of tension or drama, it's just a plodding retelling of the events.

Thure Lindhardt and Antonia Campbell-Hughes are fine in the roles of Přiklopil and Kampusch. However, some of the other actors are less successful, and it seems as though some of their voices have been re- dubbed?

The main problem with the film is its lack of insight. The film barely explored Kampusch's inner thoughts during the experience, the coping strategies that allowed her to endure the ordeal. And what of Přiklopil? We know nothing really about him, what drove him to do what he did? What happened to him to make him the way he was?

The relationship that developed between Kampusch and Přiklopil was complex. She never lost sight that a crime was being committed and that she had to escape, but she also came to sympathise with him, seeing him as a damaged human being.

Some have said this story shouldn't have been filmed. I don't agree - but I do think it needed to be handled in a different way. Kampusch's story is an extraordinary one, and it really deserved a film that could do it justice.

If you want the full story of what happened, read the book instead.