Der stille Ozean (1983)
1h 32m
Running Time
February 27, 1983Release Date
Der stille Ozean (1983)
1h 32m
Running Time
February 27, 1983Release Date
Plot.
Cinematographer turned director (Xaver Schwarzenberger) has filmed a small, wintry story of epic human proportions. A young doctor (Hanno Poeschi) exiles himself to a remote Austrian village when he accidentally causes a death. Once at the village, winter sets in and against that harsh and poetic backdrop a rabies epidemic sweeps through the population. The doctor convinces people he is a biologist but then he treats someone bitten and gives his real profession away. As the epidemic raises questions of life and death, the doctor's mind is brought back to the death that caused his exile and he considers suicide for awhile. The same issues come up again when an enraged villager goes on a killing spree and in turn, is hunted by the citizens. Faced with the prevalence of death all around him, the doctor starts to gain some perspective on the personal experience that brought him here in the first place.
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Der stille Ozean is a 1983 Austrian drama film directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.