INITIATION
by Peter Kern
synopsis
16-year-old Axel falls out with his step-father and becomes involved in a neo-nazi gang. To join the gang he has to prove himself by killing a social worker. He runs away and takes refuge in a dry-cleaning shop run by 80-year-old Gustav Tritzinsky. Axel reminds Gustav of the lover he had during the war, his first love whom he betrayed to the Gestapo, so to atone for that betrayal he takes Axel in. Now Axel has to choose between his homophobic street friends and the friendship and obsession of a homosexual old man.
international title: | Initiation |
original title: | Blutsfreundschaft |
country: | Austria |
sales agent: | EastWest Filmdistribution GmbH |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Peter Kern |
film run: | 92' |
screenplay: | Peter Kern |
cast: | Helmut Berger, Harry Lampl, Melanie Kretschmann, Manuel Rubey, Michael Steinocher, Matthias Franz Stein, Oliver Rosskopf, Heribert Sasse, Gregor Seberg |
cinematography by: | Peter Röhsler |
film editing: | Rainer Fritz |
art director: | Hannes Salat |
costumes designer: | Maurizio Giambra |
music: | Boris Fiala, Andreas Hamza |
producer: | Franz Novotny |
production: | Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion |
distributor: | Stadtkino Filmverleih |