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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Jonathan ZaccaïMaximilien Bardo
Ute LemperCatherine Gless
Philippine Leroy-BeaulieuJeanne Eberlen
André WilmsBicken
Jan PeszekKaltfish
Janusz GajosCinqueda
Wojciech PszoniakOttenhagen
Anna SeniukCast
Aleksander Bardini
Michał PawlickiCast
Paweł WilczakCast
Piotr SzulkinCastExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Dariusz Kuc
- Screenplay
- Wojciech Zimiński
- Original Music Composer
- Jean-Claude Petit
- Producer
- Claire Davanture
- Screenplay
- Andrzej Rychcik
- Director
- Marcin Ziębiński
- Producer
- Michał Szczerbic