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Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, (1914-1918), Frantz recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war’s “lost generation”: Anna (21 year-old Paula Beer in a breakthrough performance), a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien (Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent), a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz’s grave. Adrien's presence is met with resistance by the small community still reeling from Germany’s defeat, yet Anna gradually gets closer to the handsome and melancholy young man, as she learns of his deep friendship with Frantz, conjured up in evocative flashbacks.
What follows is a surprising exploration of how Ozon's characters’ wrestle with their conflicting feelings - survivor’s guilt, anger at one’s losses, the overriding desire for happiness despite everything that has come before, and the longing for sexual, romantic and familial attachments. Ozon drew his inspiration from Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 drama Broken Lullaby, with stunning visual references to painter Caspar David Friedrich.
Original Release
09/07/2016
US Release
03/15/2017
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Pierre Niney | Adrien Rivoire |
Paula Beer | Anna |
Ernst Stotzner | Doktor Hans Hoffmeister / Doctor Hans Hoffmeister |
Marie Gruber | Magda Hoffmeister |
Johann von Bulow | Kreutz |
Anton von Lucke | Frantz Hoffmeister |
Cyrielle Clair | La mère d'Adrien / Adrien's Mother |
Alice De Lencquesaing | Fanny |
Axel Wandtke | Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel / Hotel Receptionist |
Rainer Egger | Le gardien du cimetière allemand / German Cemetery Caretaker |
Directors
Writers
Francois Ozon, Philippe Piazzo, Ernst Lubitsch, Reginald Berkeley, Samson Raphaelson, Maurice Rostand, Ernest Vajda
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pierre Niney | Adrien Rivoire |
Paula Beer | Anna |
Ernst Stotzner | Doktor Hans Hoffmeister / Doctor Hans Hoffmeister |
Marie Gruber | Magda Hoffmeister |
Johann von Bulow | Kreutz |
Anton von Lucke | Frantz Hoffmeister |
Cyrielle Clair | La mère d'Adrien / Adrien's Mother |
Alice De Lencquesaing | Fanny |
Axel Wandtke | Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel / Hotel Receptionist |
Rainer Egger | Le gardien du cimetière allemand / German Cemetery Caretaker |
Johannes Silberschneider | Shopkeeper selling the dress |
Rainer Silberschneider | Le vendeur de la robe |
Merlin Rose | Le jeune homme ivre / Young Drunk |
Ralf Dittrich | Adolf |
Michael Witte | Gustav |
Lutz Blochberger | L'homme du lac / Man by Lake |
Jeanne Ferron | Madame Rivoire - la tante d'Adrien / Aunt Rivoire |
Torsten Michaelis | Le prêtre / Priest |
Nicolas Bonnefoy | Le douanier français / Customs Officer |
Étienne Ménard | Le chauffeur de taxi / Taxi Driver |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Eric Altmayer | Producer |
Nicolas Altmayer | Producer |
Stefan Arndt | Producer |
Andreas Grosch | Producer |
Ulli Neumann | Producer |
Uwe Schott | Producer |