The Fox is the true story of Franz Streitberger, Adrian Goiginger’s great-grandfather, a motorcycle courier for the Austrian Army who was soon drafted into the German Wehrmacht.
At the beginning of the Second World War, the introverted young soldier encounters a wounded fox cub, which he then looks after as if it were his own child and takes with him to occupied France. Through this unique friendship with the wild animal, his own past as an outcast farmer’s son, which he has always run away from, slowly catches up with him…
CAST:
Simon Morzé, Karl Markovics, Karola Niederhuber, Marko Kerezovic, Joseph Stoisits, Pit Bukowski, Maximilian Echtinger, Joshua Bader, Stanislaus Steinbichler, Alexander Beyer, Adriane Gradziel, Cornelius Obonya a.o.
CREW:
Director: Adrian Goiginger
Script: Adrian Goiginger
Cinematography: Yoshi Heimrath, Paul Sprinz
Producer: Hana Geißendörfer, Malte Can (GP)
Co-Producer: Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn (Lotus Film), Gerrit Klein (Giganten Film), Adrian Goiginger, Peter Wildling (2010Entertainment), Alexander Glehr und Johanna Scherz (Film AG)
TV-Partner: SWR/Arte, BR, ORF
Distributor: Alamode
World Sales: Beta Cinema
Promoted by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Bundesministerium für Kultur und Medien, Österreichisches Filminstitut, FISA Filmstandort Austria, Filmfonds Wien, Land und die Stadt Salzburg, Eurimages and Deutscher Filmförderfonds.
Deutscher Filmpreis 2024 – nominated in the categories: Bester Spielfilm, Bestes Drehbuch, Beste Kamera, Bester Hauptdarsteller, Beste visuellen Effekte
Bayrischer Filmpreis 2023: Nachwuchs-Schauspielpreis für Simon Morzé
Österreichischer Filmpreis – Nominiert in den Kategorien: Bester Spielfilm, Beste Regie, Beste weibliche Nebenrolle, Beste männliche Hauptrolle, Bestes Maskenbild
Official Selection – Competition, Belgrade International Film Festival FEST23
Official Selection – Competition, Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn 2022