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buch und regie: Angela Summereder
kamera: Frank Amann
ausstattung: Mario Bräuer
musik: Wolfgang Mitterer
ton: Peter Rösner
schnitt: Daniel Pöhacker
dramaturgische beratung: Michael Palm
oberbeleuchter: Markus Thiermeyer
kostüm: Veronika Albert
maske: Uschi Braun
produktionsleitung: Peter Janecek
aufnahmeleitung: Roland Hablesreiter
produzent: Othmar Schmiderer
mischtonmeister: Bernhard Maisch
tonstudio: Tremens Film
tonschnitt / sounddesign: Peter Rösner
filmscanning / online Schnitt: Uli Grimm / av-design
Darsteller: Gottfried Breitfuß, Annette Holzmann, Tim Breyvogel, Hans Michael Rehberg, Claus Tutur, Paramahamsa Tewari, Toby Grotz u.v.a.
Verleih: Stadtkino Wien
Welturaufführung Okt. 2015 Viennale Vienna International Filmfestival
Website: www.ausdemnichts.at
Video on Demand
© 2015 o.schmiderer filmproduktion
Hergestellt mit Unterstützung von:
Österreichisches Filminstitut ÖFI
Filmstandort Austria FISA
ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen
Land Oberösterreich
Land Niederösterreich
SYNOPSIS
Can energy be generated from empty space, from nothing OUT OF THE VOID? In the 1920s, Carl Schappeller claimed that he was able to develop a mechanism a machine by means of which a hitherto unexplored form of energy free energy could be accessed. He mobilised a great many supporters. The Catholic Church, members of the former German Imperial dynasty, the English navy and numerous private persons were among those patrons who invested millions in his project. Completely crazy? A charlatan and imposter from the last century? The film takes up the trail of the audacious idea: old silent movies, documents, discoveries in the attic and the reminiscences of elderly people all lead us into a fictional world, in which Schappeller and his clan make their appearance as spirits. After delving deep into the past, the film undergoes a transformation, ending up in the present. In an industrial wasteland in Germany, a solitary experimental physicist continues to pursue the idea of free energy, while in India the former head of a nuclear power plant is already working on an innovative generator which is intended to utilise free energy. The film reveals connections, breaks and continuities in the study of the phenomenon of free energy, and as a documentary-cum-feature film raises the question: What is reality? What is fiction? A cinematic exploration of the borders between belief and knowledge, between vision and hubris.
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