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The Boy in the Snow

2021

A quiet, gruelling trek through cold country, where hardship slowly thaws a hardened man's heart.

Directed by
Dieter Primig
Starring
Claudio Magno, Lukas Stöger, Thomas Bartholomäus
Overview
A soldier is forced to travel through a dangerous wilderness with his prisoner; a young boy whose presence begins to rekindle his lost humanity.

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Directed by
Dieter Primig
Starring
Claudio Magno, Lukas Stöger, Thomas Bartholomäus
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • redemption
  • war
  • guilt
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Dieter Primig
Written by
Samuel Jefferson
Starring
Claudio Magno, Lukas Stöger, Thomas Bartholomäus, Karl Drescher, Kathrin Magno, Manuel Sefciuc, Wolfgang Rauh, Philip Eisenfeldt
Music
Damian Press, Philip Eisenfeldt
Cinematography
Florian Banicki
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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