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Der Architekt

The Architect
On Transmission 2020
© REVERSE ANGLE PICTURES
Successful Hamburg architect Georg Winter travels with his wife Eva and their two grown-up children Reh and Jan to his mother’s funeral in his snowbound native village in the mountains. At the funeral service, the mysterious Hannah, Georg’s former girlfriend who lives in the village with her son Alex, suddenly appears. This confrontation with the past causes the family’s seemingly harmonious façade to crumble, plunging them into a whirlpool of desires and confusion. Georg’s immediate instinct is to bolt, but the village is cut off from the outside world by an avalanche. No one can escape.
In her impressive debut, Ina Weisse tells the story of a family brought to the brink of disintegration by repression, fear, guilt and self-deception.
by Ina Weisse (Written and Directed by), Daphne Charizani (Screenplay)
with Josef Bierbichler, Hilde van Mieghem, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sandra Hüller, Sophie Rois, Lucas Zolger, Hark Bohm Germany 2008 German 93' Colour Rating R12

With

  • Josef Bierbichler (Georg Winter)
  • Hilde van Mieghem (Eva Winter)
  • Matthias Schweighöfer (Jan Winter)
  • Sandra Hüller (Reh Winter)
  • Sophie Rois (Hannah)
  • Lucas Zolger (Alex)
  • Hark Bohm (Roth)

Crew

Written and Directed by Ina Weisse
Screenplay Daphne Charizani
Cinematography Carl-Friedrich Koschnik
Editing Andreas Wodraschke
Music Annette Focks
Sound Design Felix Rogall
Sound Max Meindl
Art Director Susann Bieling
Costumes Stefanie Bieker
Make-Up Gisela Trescher, Ines Steininger
Casting Simone Bär
Production Manager Björn Eggert
Producer Peter Schwartzkopff

World Sales

m-appeal

Berlin, Germany

Produced by

Reverse Angle Pictures

Reinbek, Germany

Photos

Ina Weisse

© Heike Blenk

Born in Berlin, Germany, the actor, writer and director studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich and has appeared on various stages and in numerous television series and cinema films. After studying philosophy in Heidelberg, she took a directing degree at the University of Hamburg. Her short film Alles anders won the 2002 First Steps Award while her debut feature Der Architekt won awards including the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Screenplay and was selected to screen in the On Transmission special series at the 2020 Berlinale. Following her documentary about the Neue Nationalgalerie and the German-French feature film Das Vorspiel (The Audition), starring Nina Hoss, Zikaden (Cicadas) is her third feature-length film for the cinema.

Filmography

2000 Sonntags; short film 2001 Klara; short film 2002 Alles anders; short film 2008 Der Architekt 2017 Die Neue Nationalgalerie; short documentary 2019 Das Vorspiel (The Audition) 2025 Zikaden (Cicadas)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025