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UNIVERSAL THEORY | DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM


GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND | 2023 | B&W | DCP | 118’ | GERMAN, FRENCH

1962. In a Physics symposium in the Alps, a young student tries to complete his dissertation on a challenging theory about multiple realities. Soon, weird phenomena seem to confirm it, as ominous figures, strange clouds, inexplicable deaths, doppelgangers and a mysterious female pianist, which he falls in love with, appear. Perhaps the surprise of this year’s Venice FF Competition; the film is proudly inspired by Aronofsky’s ‘Pi’, Trier’s ‘Europa’, as well as Hitchcock and the Hollywood noir of the ‘40s and ‘50s. Thus it unfolds an ambitious cinematic structure, balancing audaciously between a cosmic thriller and a transformative love story proving that occasionally style is of the essence. Th.P.

DIRECTOR: Timm Kröger
SCREENWRITERS: Timm Kröger, Roderick Warich
DoP: Roland Stuprich
MUSIC: Diego Ramos
EDITOR: Jann Anderegg
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, Philippe Graber, David Bennent

TIMM KRÖGER
He studied at the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark, then at Filmakademie BW in Ludwigsburg, Germany. His first feature and graduation film ‘The Council of Birds’ premiered in Venice in 2014 at the ‘Settimana della Critica’. ‘The Theory of Everything’ is his debut feature as both writer and director.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023
Universal Theory
2014 The Council of Birds



        : International Competition

        CAREFREE DAYS | XIAO YAO YOU

        CAREFREE DAYS | XIAO YAO YOU

        28/09/2023, 19:15, ASTOR
        29/09/2023, 19:00, ASTY

        HOW TO HAVE SEX

        HOW TO HAVE SEX

        28/09/2023, 22:00, IDEAL
        30/09/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2

        OPPONENT | MOTSTÅNDAREN

        OPPONENT | MOTSTÅNDAREN

        29/09/2023, 19.15, DANAOS 1
        30/09/2023, 22.00, ASTY

        HOARD

        HOARD

        29/09/2023, 22:00, IDEAL
        05/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2

        TÓTEM

        TÓTEM

        30/09/2023, 20:30, IDEAL
        04/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2

        MATRIA

        MATRIA

        30/09/2023, 22:00, ASTOR
        03/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 2

        ARTHUR & DIANA

        ARTHUR & DIANA

        01/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR
        06/10/2023, 19:30, ASTY

        RICEBOY SLEEPS

        RICEBOY SLEEPS

        01/10/2023, 19:15, DANAOS 1
        05/10/2023, 17:00, IDEAL

        20,000 SPECIES OF BEES | 20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS

        20,000 SPECIES OF BEES | 20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS

        02/10/2023, 19:00, ASTOR
        05/10/2023, 19:15, ASTOR

        SLOW

        SLOW

        03/10/2023, 19:00, IDEAL
        06/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR

        LOST COUNTRY

        LOST COUNTRY

        03/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 1
        05/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR

        TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU

        TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU

        04/10/2023, 18:00, ASTOR
        06/10/2023, 22:00, ASTOR

        BITTEN | LA MORSURE

        BITTEN | LA MORSURE

        04/10/2023, 20:45, ASTY
        06/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 2

        COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST | KØBENHAVN FINDES IKKE

        COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST | KØBENHAVN FINDES IKKE

        04/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        06/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        OMEN | AUGURE

        OMEN | AUGURE

        05/10/2023, 22:00, ASTOR
        06/10/2023, 19:30, ASTOR

        AWARD-WINNING FILM SCREENING (TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU)

        AWARD-WINNING FILM SCREENING (TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU)

        08/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1