The Dark Valley

OT: Das finstere Tal | Feature Film | Co-Production | 2014

Award-winning, intense and opulent Western drama starring Sam Riley and Tobias Moretti!

A remote mountain valley, end of the 19th century. A stranger named Greider rides into town and asks the sworn community for quarter over the winter.The villagers are not aware that he knows their bloody secret. A mysterious chain of murders begins.

Awards:

  • Bayerischer Filmpreis 2013 (Bavarian film award) : Best Director and best cast (Tobias Moretti)
  • Deutscher Filmpreis 2014(German film award): Outstanding feature film in silver, Best Cast (Tobias Moretti), Best Camera (Thomas W. Kiennast), Best production design(Claus Rudolf Amler), Best costume design (Natascha Curtius-Noss), Best make up (Helene Lang, Roman Braunhofer), Best film score (Matthias Weber), Best sound design (Dietmar Zuson, Christof Ebhardt, Tschangis Chahrokh); nominated for „Best Director“
  • Österreichischer Filmpreis 2015 (Austrian film award): Best feature film, Best director, Best camera (Thomas W. Kiennast), Best production design(Claus Rudolf Amler), Best costume design (Natascha Curtius-Noss), Best make up (Helene Lang, Roman Braunhofer), Best film score (Matthias Weber), Best sounddesign (Dietmar Zuson, Christof Ebhardt)
  • 2014 nominated as austrian candidate for the oscars in the category „best film in a foreign language“ by the Austrian Film Commission.
Film cover The Dark Valley
Filmszene Das finstere Tal
Filmszene Das finstere Tal
Filmszene Das finstere Tal

Facts:

Kinostart: 20. Februar 2014
Verleih: X Verleih

Crew:

Production Company: X Filme Creative Pool , Allegro Film
Producer: Helmut Grasser, Stefan Arndt
Coproduction: SamFilm, ZDF, ORF
Distributor: X Verleih
Screenplay: Martin Ambrosch & Andreas Prochaska
Director: Andreas Prochaska
Based upon the novel written by Thomas Willmann
Line Producer: Katharina Bogensberger
DoP: Thomas W. Kiennast
Cutter: Daniel Prochaska
Music: Matthias Weber
Production Design: Claus Rudolf Amler
Costume Design: Natascha Curtius-Noss
Make-Up: Helene Lang & Roman Braunhofer
Casting: Nicole Schmied, Nessie Nesslauer
Editor: Heinrich Mis, ORF & Daniel Blum, Reinhold Elschot, ZDF

Cast:

Sam Riley: Greider
Paula Beer: Luzi
Tobias Moretti: Hans Brenner
Clemens Schick: Luis Brenner
Helmuth A. Häusler: Hubert Brenner
Martin Leutgeb: Otto Brenner
Johann Nikolussi: Rudolf Brenner
Florian Brückner: Edi Brenner
Hans-Michael Rehberg: Brenner
Carmen Gratl: Luzi’s Mother, die Gaderin
Thomas Schubert: Luzis Bräutigam, Lukas
Franz: Franz Xaver Brückner
Xenia Assenza: Greider’s Mother, Maria
Erwin Steinhauer: Pfarrer Breiser