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The Wall

Original title: Die Wand
  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
6.5K
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POPULARITY
20,867
7,173
The Wall (2012)
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.
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A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immers... Read allA woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
6.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
20,867
7,173
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    • Director
      • Julian Pölsler
    • Writers
      • Marlen Haushofer(novel)
      • Julian Pölsler
    • Stars
      • Martina Gedeck
      • Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach
      • Karlheinz Hackl
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Julian Pölsler
    • Writers
      • Marlen Haushofer(novel)
      • Julian Pölsler
    • Stars
      • Martina Gedeck
      • Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach
      • Karlheinz Hackl
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 49User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 15 nominations

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    Martina Gedeck
    Martina Gedeck
    • Woman
    Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach
    • Luchs
    Karlheinz Hackl
    Karlheinz Hackl
    • Hugo
    • (as Karl Heinz Hackl)
    Ulrike Beimpold
    • Luise
    Julia Gschnitzer
    • Cottager
    Hans-Michael Rehberg
    Hans-Michael Rehberg
    • Cottager
    Wolfgang M. Bauer
    • Man
    • (as Wolfgang Maria Bauer)
    • Director
      • Julian Pölsler
    • Writers
      • Marlen Haushofer(novel)
      • Julian Pölsler
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Official submission of Austria to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.
    • Goofs
      When she goes to bed for the first night, it's dark outside. Later she explains she went to bed at 9pm on this May day. It's nowhere near dark at 9pm in that region, especially with DST.
    • Quotes

      Woman: Now I am completely calm. I see a little bit further. I see this is not the end yet. Everything goes on. Taurus, Pearl and Luchs will not return. But something new is approaching, and I cannot escape it. The memory, the grief and the fear will remain and there will be hard work as long as I live.

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    User reviews49

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    the invisible wall
    Something strange takes place in the opening scenes of 'Die Wand', the 2012 film by Austrian director Julian Polsler. A young woman travels on a trip to a remote cottage in the Alps with a couple of friends. They leave her alone for a short (shopping?) trip to the nearby village and do not return. The young woman goes in their search and finds that an invisible and impenetrable wall has appeared between the area where the cottage is located and the rest of the world. Or maybe the rest of the world has ceased to exist. Nobody comes looking for her. Alone in the middle of the mountains, with a dog, a cat and (conveniently) a cow she has to learn to survive by herself. A Robinson story, but without a shipwreck and with a woman as heroine. 'Die Wand' could be a horror movie, it could be a survival movie and it's a little bit of that, but it's also something else entirely.

    One of the fundamental rules of the fantastic genre is respected, the heroine being suddenly thrown from a familiar and (psychologically) comfortable environment into a hostile and dangerous world. Director and screenwriter Julian Polsler, who brought to screen a novel by a writer named Marian Haushofer, is less interested in the technical details of survival than in the emotional confrontation of the woman left alone with the surrounding nature and herself, with her revolt followed by the action and with her struggle against resignation and despair. We do not know anything about her past, about those she left in the existence 'before', we do not even know her name. And yet, throughout the film we get to know and understand her, we identify with her efforts to preserve her dignity and humanity. We can guess that she is an ordinary person who, like most of us, is not at all prepared for such an extreme situation. She finds the resources for what she does in herself, in the will to keep a diary (which maybe no one will read) and the calculation of the days, in the company of animals and in harmony with nature.

    Much of the film's persuasive power is due to Martina Gedeck, a formidable actress I know from 'The Lives of Others' and many other memorable German films. The relationship with nature plays an important role, but unfortunately I did not find in the list of credits on IMDB who authored the cinematography. The soundtrack, which belongs to Bernd Jungmair, uses copiously classical music, especially from Bach's compositions. Filled with symbols, more or less transparent about destiny and the human-nature relationship, 'Die Wand' managed to capture my interest throughout the screening and make me care about the fate of the heroine. The directing style is discrete and this is intentional, taking into account that a very good horror film could have been made starting from the same first 10-15 minutes. The result is a film in which extreme physical situations are not completely absent, but psychological extremes are more important.
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    • Can anyone help me by telling where can i watch this movie??I have searched everywhere. Its not available on netflix or amazon prime & neither on any torrent engine!!Please help

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 2012 (Austria)
    • Countries of origin
      • Austria
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Austria)
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Die Wand
    • Filming locations
      • Salzkammergut, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Coop99 Filmproduktion
      • Starhaus Filmproduktion
      • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $38,674
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,188
      • Jun 2, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,889,260
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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