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Breathing

Original title: Atmen
  • 20112011
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
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6.9/10
2.9K
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Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
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Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
48,129
3,693
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    • Director
      • Karl Markovics
    • Writer
      • Karl Markovics(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Thomas Schubert
      • Karin Lischka
      • Georg Friedrich
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Karl Markovics
    • Writer
      • Karl Markovics(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Thomas Schubert
      • Karin Lischka
      • Georg Friedrich
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 80Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 8 nominations

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    Breathing
    Trailer 1:55
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    Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
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    Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
    Gerhard Liebmann, Peter Raffalt, and Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
    Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
    Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
    Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
    Karin Lischka and Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
    Karin Lischka and Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)

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    Thomas Schubert
    Thomas Schubert
    • Roman Kogler
    Karin Lischka
    • Margit Kogler
    Georg Friedrich
    Georg Friedrich
    • Rudolf Kienast
    Gerhard Liebmann
    Gerhard Liebmann
    • Walter Fakler
    Stefan Matousch
    • Gerhard Schorn
    Luna Zimic Mijovic
    Luna Zimic Mijovic
    • Mona
    • (as Luna Mijovic)
    Georg Veitl
    • Jürgen Hefor
    Klaus Rott
    • Leopold Wesnik
    Reinhold G. Moritz
    • Josef Kallinger
    Martin Oberhauser
    Martin Oberhauser
    • Gefängniswärter #3
    Magdalena Kronschläger
    Magdalena Kronschläger
    • Junge Frau
    David Oberkogler
    • Polizist #1
    Michael Duregger
    • Polizist #2
    Peter Raffalt
    • Richter
    Stephanie Taussig
    • Schwiegertochter
    Gabriela Schmoll
    • Haushaltshilfe
    Elena Dörfler
    • Roberta Fakler
    Werner Wultsch
    • Mann im Jogginganzug
    • Director
      • Karl Markovics
    • Writer
      • Karl Markovics(screenplay)
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      The film was selected as Austria's submission to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not make the final shortlist.

    User reviews17

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    Don't judge a book by it's cover
    This is a movie about guilt, dreams, redemption and ultimately hope. You won't like 18 year old Roman Kogler at first. He is sullen, uncommunicative, and in prison. Nobody else seems to like him either. He doesn't like himself. Beset by inner demons, he has committed some unspeakable crime. His only ally is the probation officer who is helping him to find a job that will convince a parole board that Roman is worthy to be released back into the community. Through the course of the movie we learn that he is a boy who has been dealt a bad hand in life. Brought up in care, he has been a lost soul who made a tragic mistake that caused him to spend his teenage years in detention. A job in the city morgue proves to be the turning point in the movie, and in his life. This job is the symbol of his eventual redemption. As his prison peers turn away from him in disgust at his choice of job, his equally wary co-workers, initially sceptical at having a convicted criminal in their midst, soon become accepting of the boy, and eventually encourage him to develop in his new role. A stroke of fate during a call-out one day, leads Roman down a path of self-discovery, which will help him to understand why he became the person he now is, and allows the audience to explore the damaged relationship, which needs to be repaired before the boy can address his inner demons and move on with his life. This is stark, often graphic, but never dull. You will end up liking Roman. As he understands what has brought him to this point in his life, he begins to like himself more. He exhibits an inner strength and confidence that belies his young years. You can be sure he will make a success of himself, in spite of the bad start that life offered him.
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    • Apr 22, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 31, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Austria
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дыхание
    • Filming locations
      • Vienna, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft
      • Cine Styria
      • Filmfonds Wien
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,630
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $949
      • Sep 2, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $807,436
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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