Schneeland

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Schneeland (German: "Snowland") is a 2005 film written and directed by German filmmaker Hans W. Geissendörfer. Based on the novel Hohaj by Elisabeth Rynell, it depicts the devastation felt by Elizabeth (Maria Schrader), a woman who had lost her husband in a car crash and wants to leave her three young children to join him in death by wandering out into the snowy deserts of Lapland. As she wanders through the snow, Elizabeth discovers the story of Aron (Thomas Kretschmann) and Ina (Julia Jentsch), a couple who overcame dark secrets and over-controlling family members to be with each other.

Schneeland
2005 Sundance Film Festival movie poster
Directed by	Hans W. Geissendörfer
Written by	Hans W. Geissendörfer Elisabeth Rynell (novel)
Produced by	Hans W. Geissendörfer
Starring	Thomas Kretschmann Julia Jentsch
Cinematography	Hans-Günther Bücking
Edited by	Peter Przygodda Oliver Grothoff
Music by	Irmin Schmidt
Distributed by	Concorde Filmverleih GmbH
Release date	20 January 2005 (2005-01-20)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German Faroese

Schneeland premiered in January 2005 at the Sundance Film Festival and was released nationwide in German later that month. At the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards) in 2005, it was nominated for four awards including Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. It won for Best Cinematography.

Cast

• Thomas Kretschmann - Aron
• Julia Jentsch - Ina
• Ulrich Mühe - Knövel
• Maria Schrader - Elisabeth
• Oliver Stokowski - Salomon
• Ina Weisse - Helga
• Joachim Król - Rubert

External links

• Schneeland at IMDb
• Schneeland-derfilm.de– Official website (in English and German) Archived 21 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine