Sister MARIA DRAGUS
Sabine LEONA LINDINGER
Armo ANNA ELISABETH BERGER
Martha SOPHIA GÓMEZ-SCHREIBER
Sister Agnes PETRA MORZÉ
Man in the dark suit UDO SAMEL
Father Martha FRITZ KARL
Mother Martha MONICA REYES HEISENBERG
Father Sabine FLORIAN TEICHTMEISTER
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Director RUTH MADER
Screenplay RUTH MADER, MARTIN LEIDENFROST
Director of Photography CHRISTINE A. MAIER
Editing NIKI MOSSBÖCK
Production Design DONMARTIN SUPERSETS
RENATE MARTIN, ANDREAS DONHAUSER
Costume Design TANJA HAUSNER
Make-Up Design MICHAELA PAYER
Casting MARION ROSSMANN
Casting Children MARTINA POEL
Title-/Animation Design ALEXANDER DWORSKY
Animation BENIAMIN URBANEK
Music MANFRED PLESSL
Original Sound HJALTI BAGER-JONATHANSSON
Sound Design NILS KIRCHHOFF
Sound Mix ALEXANDER KOLLER
Production Manager JEANNETTE ZIEMECK
Line Producer JAKOB POCHLATKO
Producers DIETER POCHLATKO,
JAKOB POCHLATKO, RUTH MADER
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RUTH MADER
Studied directing at Film and Television Department of University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Graduated with Distinction from Michael Haneke’s Master Class.
1999 awarded Max Ophüls Prize for her short film GFRASTA.
Invited to Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival four times, participating in 2001 Cinéfondation section with NULL DEFIZIT; in 2003 Un Certain Regard section debuting Mader’s first feature film STRUGGLE; in 2005 Tous les Cinémas du Monde section with GFRASTA; and in 2007 presenting her screenplay SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE in the L’Atelier series.
In 2012 Mader’s film WHAT IS LOVE premiered in the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Numerous international awards include the International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) and a nomination for Cannes’ Caméra d’Or.
In 2017, her feature film LIFE GUIDANCE celebrated its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, competing in the Giornate degli Autori section.
In 2022 her film SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE has been selected for the Official Selection of the Locarno Film Festival in the Concorso Internazionale (Main Competition).
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FILMOGRAPHY
SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE (Thriller, 2022)
LIFE GUIDANCE (Thriller, 2017)
WHAT IS LOVE (Documentary, 2012)
STRUGGLE (Feature, 2003)
NULL DEFIZIT (Short Film, 2001)
GFRASTA (Short Film, 1998)
READY FOR WHAT (Documentary, 1997)
KILOMETER 123,5 (Short Film, 1994)
ENDSTATION OBDACHLOS (Documentary, 1992)
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Production companies
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EPO-FILM PRODUKTIONSGES.M.B.H
Edelsinnstraße 58, 1120 Vienna
Tel: + 43 1 812 37 18
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RUTH MADER FILMPRODUKTION
Jedleseer Straße 66-94 / 37 / 15, 1210 Vienna
Contact Festivals
AUSTRIAN FILMS
International Sales
PLAYTIME
5 rue Nicolas Flamel, 75004 Paris
Tel: + 33 1 53 10 33 99
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Austrian Distributor
PANDA LICHTSPIELE FILMVERLEIH GMBH
Leitermayergasse 43/4
A-1180 Wien
Tel: +43 1 236 21 90
Fax: +43 1 236 21 90 9
Email: office@pandafilm.at
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Title SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE
Format DCP, 1:1,85, Colour
Sound Dolby Atmos
Length 106 min
Language spoken German
Year of Completion 2022
Country of Origin Austria
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