Alma and Oskar
Alma und Oskar (2023)
Production
Director
Dieter Berner
Scenario
Dieter Berner
Composer
Stefan Will
Producer
Alexander Glehr
Actors
Emily Cox
Alma Mahler
Valentin Postlmayr
Oskar Kokoschka
Gerhard Kasal
Graf Sascha
Mehmet Ateşçi
Bruno Walter
Marcello De Nardo
Gustav Mahler
Wilfried Hochholdinger
Adolf Loos
Cornelius Obonya
Franz Ferdinand
Roland Koch
Carl Moll
Short description
Vienna, Austria, 1912. The brilliant painter Oskar Kokoschka, considered one of the main representatives of the expressionist movement, has a tumultuous relationship, both professional and romantic, with the composer Alma Mahler.
What's left behind the scenes
- The painting "Bride of the Wind," located in the Kunstmuseum Basel, was removed from exhibition for the film's production to allow for analysis of its various layers and to determine the sequence in which they were painted.
- Dieter Berner spent two years searching for a suitable actor for the role of Oskar Kokoschka. Valentin Postlmayr was invited to audition after the director saw him perform Romeo in a production of "Romeo and Juliet."
- Jakub Beinarowicz shot the film with various cameras: there are scenes from Alma's perspective, shot with a digital camera, and scenes from Oskar's perspective, shot with an analog camera. Different optics were used – spherical on one hand, and anamorphic on the other.
- In the scene where Oskar first paints Alma, she talks about "The Tales of Hoffmann" and asks if she should be his doll Olympia. He responds affirmatively. At the end of the film, he recreates Alma as a doll.
Auditions in India
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