UK / Georgia / France / Germany,
2014, 96 min
Directed by:
Ben HopkinsCinematography:
Jörg GruberComposer:
Andreas LucasCast:
Matthew Macfadyen, Noah Taylor, MyAnna Buring, Ali Cook, Vedat Erincin, Ümit Ünal, Richard van Weyden, Leo Antadze, María Fernández Ache, Lasha Kankava (more)Plots(1)
The main protagonist, acclaimed director Emil (Matthew Macfayden), suffering from writer's block, accepts an invitation to Karastan to attend a local festival. The president and dictator orders him to make an epic film about the national hero of Karastan. Emil realizes too late that he was blinded by his own ego and he has become a puppet of the national "ego", personified by the charismatic ruler. (Febiofest)
(more)Cast
Matthew Macfadyen
UK
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Noah Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Dadah Is Death (1988) (TV movie)
MyAnna Buring
Sweden
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Official Secrets (2019)
Ali Cook
UK
Best movies:
Kilo Two Bravo (2014)
Lost In Karastan (2014)
The Call Up (2016)
Vedat Erincin
Turkey
Best movies:
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Rock My Heart (2017)
Ümit Ünal
Turkey
Best movies:
Lost In Karastan (2014)
Richard van Weyden
West Germany
Best movies:
Pope Joan (2009)
The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)
Break Up Man (2013)
Leo Antadze
Best movies:
Repentance (1984)
The President (2014)
Lost In Karastan (2014)
María Fernández Ache
Best movies:
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
Lost In Karastan (2014)
Anti-Social (2015)
Lasha Kankava
Best movies:
The President (2014)
5 Days of War (2011)
Lost In Karastan (2014)
Frank W. Rima
Best movies:
Stromberg - Der Film (2014)
Verfehlung (2015)
Lost In Karastan (2014)