''Black Forest'' is a 2010 German thriller film directed by . It was released on 15 April 2010 in German cinemas.

Plot

Two couples from a large city go on vacation to an isolated farmhouse in the

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

. The men discover an old TV and try to repair it, to watch football games. This is not successful. However, one after the other sees things on the TV screen, related to the other's life. One finds the driver, who drove the group at the beginning of the film to the house, before the agreed pick up. He sees three corpses. Only Eva survived and was able to escape to the village. Also seen on the ghostly TV is the spirit of a child named Anne Marie, who had died some years ago on the farm.

Cast

* as Eva *

Nikola Kastner Nikola Kastner (born 1983 in Hamburg, West Germany) is an actress who has appeared in numerous German films and television productions. She is best known internationally for her roles in ''Homeland'' and ''Deutschland 83.'' She took private acting ...

as Sabine * as Mike *Bernhard Bulling as Jürgen * *Hans Joachim Weiser *Mela Mselmani *Christian Begyn *Katharina Herrmann

Background

The film was mostly shot on the Wunderlehof near

Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. ...

Breisgau The Breisgau () is an area in southwest Germany between the Rhine River and the foothills of the Black Forest. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, it centers on the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, ...

. The final scene was filmed at

Breitnau Breitnau is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, about 30 kilometres from the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located within the High Black Forest. Geography The municipal ...

. The wooden masks, which can be seen several times in the movie, are worn during the

Swabian-Alemannic carnival The Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht, Fasnacht (in Switzerland) or Fasnat/Faschnat (in Vorarlberg) is the pre-Lenten carnival in Alamanni, Alemannic folklore in Switzerland, southern Germany, Alsace and Vorarlberg. Etymology Popular etymology ofte ...

from Carnival Association Forest witches in Rudenberg, a suburb of

Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt () is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is made up of the six communities of Neustadt, Langenordnach, Rudenberg, Titisee, Schwärzenbach and Waldau. The town ...

. The television station TV southern Baden broadcasts are seen from the TV several times. Actor Hans-Joachim Weiser usually plays in the Alemannic stage in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

. Principal

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

was completed in September 2007.

References

External links

* 2010s German-language films 2010 films German thriller films Black Forest 2010s German films {{Phillip J. Roth, state=collapsed