Austerlitz

Synopsis

“You buy a book. You don’t really know why. It lies around, and then one day you open it, almost absentmindedly. And there you are, facing your own innermost secrets.” So begins Stan Neumann’s cinematic adaptation of W.G. Sebald’s award-winning novel, Austerlitz. The vaulted and majestic space of the railway station in Antwerp is where our journey really starts with actor Denis Lavant (Holy Motors) addressing the camera directly, and musing on the curious nature of railway stations. This bravura opening is startling, charming, and like the unnamed narrator of the book, you surrender to the proceedings and perambulate alongside Lavant, as he journeys through the great buildings of Europe, faded and shuttered hotels and grand colonnades with broken windows.

Main Cast

Denis Lavant

Jacques Austerlitz

Age : N/A | Popularity : 35%

Roxane Duran

Marie de Verneuil

Age : N/A | Popularity : 41%

Viera Pavlíková

Vera (as Vera Pavlíková)

Age : 81 | Popularity : 2%

Dominique Pifarély

Le musicien

Age : 67 | Popularity : 0%

Veronika Výprachtická

La vendeuse

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Karol Laburda

Le gardien

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Stan Neumann
	Novel	W. G. Sebald
Editing	Editor	Louise Decelle
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Elisabeth Mehu
Production	Producer	Richard Copans
	Production Manager	Anne Cohen-Solal
Sound	Original Music Composer	Dominique Pifarély
Camera	Director of Photography	Ned Burgess
Directing	Director	Stan Neumann
Department	Role	Name

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