''Angst'' (in English: ''fear'') () is a 2003 German drama film directed by

Oskar Roehler Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among ot ...

, starring

André Hennicke André Hennicke (born 21 September 1958) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1984. Hennicke was born in Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony. He was awarded a German television award for best actor for ''Something to ...

Marie Bäumer Henrike Marie Bäumer (; born 7 May 1969) is a German film and TV actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1993. She has a son with actor Nicki von Tempelhoff. Selected filmography Awards * Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis (" ...

and

Vadim Glowna Vadim Glowna (; 26 September 1941 – 24 January 2012) was a German actor and film director. Since 1964 he appeared in more than 150 films and television shows. He directed the 1983 film ''Dies rigorose Leben'', which won an Honourable Ment ...

. It follows a stage director who goes through a personal crisis.

Cast

as Robert *

as Marie *

as Klaus * Hilde von Mieghem as Brigitte * Hermann Beyer as Marie's father *

Jutta Hoffmann Jutta Hoffmann (born 3 March 1941) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1961. Selected filmography * ''Her Third'' (1972) * '' Lotte in Weimar'' (1974) * ' (1978) * ''The Assault of the Present ...

as Marie's mother *

Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian-German actor. Since 2009 he has been primarily active in the United States. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards and two Scree ...

as psychoanalyst *

Herbert Knaup Herbert Knaup (born 23 March 1956) is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in '' Run Lola Run'' (1998) and ''The Lives of Others'' (2006). Selected filmography * ''Coda ...

as Wolfgang * as Markus * Michaela Hinnenthal as Gregor's mother *

Peter Benedict Peter Benedict (born Christian Riss; 13 July 1963) is an Austrian actor, director and writer. Early life Peter Benedict was born Christian Riss in Chur, Switzerland. He is the only son of actors Walter Riss and Christa Rossenbach. He grew up ...

as dramaturge *

Nina Petri Nina Petri (born 16 July 1963) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1983. Partial filmography Television appearances Awards * Bavarian Film Award (best actress) (1994) * Deutscher Filmpreis (best suppor ...

as psychiatrist *

Catherine Flemming Catherine Flemming (born 2 February 1967 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany) is a German film and TV actress. She has performed in more than eighty films and TV roles since 1995, nearly all in German. She is best known in English for her role in ...

as mother * Eva Habermann as Laura *

Ingrid van Bergen Ingrid van Bergen (; born 15 June 1931) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 100 films since 1954. She was born in Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland. Career Since 1954, Ingrid van Bergen appeared in more than 170 film and tele ...

as Hannelore K.

Production

The film was produced through Neue Bioskop Film Produktions & Vertrieb, TV 60 Filmproduktion and

Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD consortium of public broadcas ...

. Filming took place in Berlin and Wolfen from 9 April to 5 June 2002.

Release

The film premiered on 14 February 2003 in competition at the

53rd Berlin International Film Festival The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003. The festival opened with musical film ''Chicago'' by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's ''Gangs of New York'', both films played out of competiti ...

. It was released in German cinemas by X Verleih on 24 April 2003.

References

External links

* 2003 drama films 2003 films Films directed by Oskar Roehler Films scored by Martin Todsharow German drama films 2000s German-language films 2000s German films {{2000s-Germany-film-stub