''Hierankl'' is a German award-winning family drama which premiered on 1 July 2003 at the
Munich Film Festival
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. The modern ''
Heimatfilm
' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...
'', named after a district in Surberg, Germany, is the film debut of writer and director
Hans Steinbichler
Hans Sebastian Steinbichler (born 1 November 1966) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Steinbichler grew up in Kothöd in Upper Bavaria. He got his Abitur at the Ludwig-Thoma-Gymnasium Prien am Chiemsee. Then he studied juri ...
.
It received several nominations and awards, among them the 2006
Adolf Grimme Award
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Cast
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Johanna Wokalek
Johanna Wokalek (born 3 March 1975) is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play ''Rose Bernd''. Wokalek is best known for her ...
– Lene
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Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa (; born 2 February 1950) is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival ...
– Rosemarie
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Josef Bierbichler
Josef Bierbichler (born 26 April 1948) is a German actor.
Filmography
* 1976: '' Heart of Glass'' – director: Werner Herzog
* 1976: ''Die Atlantikschwimmer''
* 1977: '' Bierkampf'' – director: Herbert Achternbusch
* 1977: ''Servus Bayern''
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– Lukas
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Peter Simonischek
Peter Simonischek (born 6 August 1946) is an Austrian people, Austrian actor. He is a celebrated stage performer and has been a regular ensemble member of the Burgtheater since 1999. He often appears at the Salzburg Festival and has played the ti ...
– Goetz Hildebrand
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Frank Giering
Frank Giering (23 November 1971 – 23 June 2010) was a German actor.
Biography
Giering studied at the HFF Potsdam. He starred in a production of ''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole'' and was cast by Austrian filmmaker, Michael Haneke for the T ...
– Paul
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Alexander Beyer
Alexander Beyer (born 24 June 1973) is a German actor.
He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as Volker Schloendorff's '' The Legend of Rita'' (''Die Stille nach dem Schuss'', 1999), Leander Haußmann's ''Sun Alley'' ...