VILLA HENRIETTE (Austria/Switzerland 2004)
17. Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest
Best children’s film

12-year-old Marie, a lively and quick-witted girl, has a very unusual relationship with the house where she and her extended family live. It talks to her – and it reacts like a human being. Marie’s Granny, who has dreamt for years of helping humanity with inventions that benefit the environment, falls victim to a devious con man and will now be forced to sell the house. So Marie, with the help of her friends Konrad and Stefan, decide to do whatever it takes in order to save the villa.

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• Genre

  Family film

• Technical Data

  88 Min., 35 mm, 1:2,35, Dolby SR

• Director

  Peter Payer

• Script

  Milan Dor

• DOP

  Thomas Hardmeier

• Editor

  Britta Nahler

• Actors

  Hannah Tiefengraber, Cornelia Froboess, Nina Petri, Lars Rudolph, Michou Friesz, Branko Samarovski, Richard Skala, Elias Pressler, Bernhard Jobst, Raymond Li, Michael Schottenberg, Maria Hofstätter, Klaus Pohl, Christine Nöstlinger und „Villa Henriette“ mit der Stimme von Nina Hagen

• Producers

  Fiona Meisel, Katja Dor-Helmer(Austria), Erich Lackner (Austria), Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler (Switzerland)

• Co-production

  MINI Film (Austria), Lotus Film (Austria), maximage (Switzerland)

• Distributor Austria

  Filmladen

• World Sales

  SOLA Media

• Funders

  Österreichisches Filminstitut, ORF, Filmfonds Wien, Bundesamt für Kultur, SFDRS, Eurimages

• World Premiere

  September 2004, LUCAS Internationales Kinderfilmfestival Frankfurt/Main

• Austrian Premiere

  20. November 2004, 16. Internationales Kinderfilmfestival Wien