This sumptuously photographed period drama is set in 1791 Vienna. Maximilian Bardo, an opportunistic 18-year old Viennese man with aspirations to rise above his bourgeois upbringing, looks for a chance to shoehorn himself into the nobility. His hopes lead him to the castle of a wealthy inventor, Alexander Plant. It is here that a strange story is played out, as Maximilian, full of naive illusions and innocent ideals of what it means to be wealthy and noble, quickly loses his innocence. Falling prey to the jaded aristocrats in residence, he is cruelly initiated into their decadent games.
Cast
Jonathan Zaccaï
Maximilien Bardo
Ute Lemper
Catherine Gless
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Jeanne Eberlen
André Wilms
Bicken
Jan Peszek
Kaltfish
Janusz Gajos
Cinqueda
Wojciech Pszoniak
Ottenhagen
Anna Seniuk
Unknown
Aleksander Bardini
Unknown
Michał Pawlicki
Unknown
Paweł Wilczak
Unknown
Piotr Szulkin
Unknown
Andrzej Szenajch
Unknown
Szymon Borowiecki
Unknown
Magdalena Wójcik
Unknown
January Brunov
Unknown
Witold Dębicki
Unknown
Crew
Marcin Ziębiński
Director
Andrzej Rychcik
Screenplay
Wojciech Zimiński
Screenplay
Grażyna Jasińska-Wiśniarowska
Editor
Dariusz Kuc
Director of Photography
Elsa Chabrol
Executive Producer
Grazyna Kozlowska
Executive Producer
Claire Davanture
Producer
Michał Szczerbic
Producer
Dorota Roqueplo
Costume Design
Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer
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