Martina Gedeck, star of the Academy Award®-winning film The Lives Of Others, brings a vivid intensity to this mysterious and riveting tale of survival set in a spectacularly beautiful Austrian mountain landscape. In a tour-de-force performance, Gedeck stars as an unnamed character who suddenly finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall inexplicably surrounds the countryside where she is vacationing. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature. As she grapples with her bizarre circumstances, she begins an inward journey of spiritual growth and transcendence. Based on Marlen Haushofer’s eponymous classic novel, The Wall is a gorgeous, mesmerizing adventure film that raises profound questions about humanity, solitude, and our relationship to the natural world.
"Riveting and emotionally involving from start to finish. Intensely cinematic. Gedeck's performance is phenomenal."
Jonathan Romney
Screen International
“Julian Roman Poelsler imbues his widescreen adaptation of the Marlen Haushofer novel with a certain visual majesty.”
Boyd van Hoeij
Variety
“Julian Roman Poelsler imbues his widescreen adaptation of the Marlen Haushofer novel with a certain visual majesty.”
Neil Genzlinger
The New York Times
“Absorbing...a one-woman study of physical and mental survival!”
Farran Smith Nehme
New York Post
“A captivating fable, an end-times scenario that’s more about the survival of the spirit than the body!”
Alan Scherstuhl
Village Voice
“Beautiful and Haunting.”
Winner! Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin International Film Festival 2012
Collector’s Booklet featuring Photos
Production Notes and Essays with an introduction from director Julian Roman Pölsler
Theatrical and International Trailers
English and German Language Tracks
