Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk
Return to Montauk
Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Written by	Volker Schlöndorff; Colm Tóibín
Based on	Montauk; by Max Frisch
Produced by	Regina Ziegler; Til Schweiger; Stéphane Parthenay; Francis Boespflug; Conor Barry; Mike Downey; Sam Taylor; Holger Reibiger
Starring	Stellan Skarsgård; Nina Hoss; Niels Arestrup
Cinematography	Jérôme Alméras
Edited by	Hervé Schneid
Music by	Max Richter; Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh; Thomas Bartlett
Production; companies	Gaumont Film Company; Volksfilm; Ziegler Film
Distributed by	Wild Bunch
Release date	15 February 2017 (Berlin);
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	Germany, France, Ireland
Language	English
Box office	$330,000

Return to Montauk (Rückkehr nach Montauk) is a 2017 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff.^[2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many years later, Max returns to the United States, hoping to reunite with his former lover during a weekend on Long Island in Montauk.

The plot is broadly inspired by Max Frisch's 1975 novel Montauk.

Cast

Stellan Skarsgård as Max Zorn
Nina Hoss as Rebecca
Niels Arestrup as Walter
Susanne Wolff as Clara
Bronagh Gallagher as Rachel
Robert Seeliger [de] as Jonathan
Isioma Laborde-Edozien as Lindsey
Paul Bonin as Wally
Mathias Sanders [de] as Mark McDonald
Daniel Brunet as designer
Ray Wiederhold as the doorman
Olga Lezhneva as girl

Production

The shooting started in New York City and Long Island in April 2016.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Return to Montauk". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Rückkehr nach Montauk: Schlöndorff dreht mit Nina Hoss". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Press Releases Competition 67th Berlinale - Competition and Berlinale Special - Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme". Berlinale. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ Barraclough, Leo (5 May 2016). "Cannes: Volker Schlondorff Shoots Return to Montauk with Stellan Skarsgard". Variety.
^ Titze, Anne-Katrin. "Telling a secret story". Retrieved 17 August 2021.

External links

Return to Montauk at IMDb

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[1] "Return to Montauk". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[2] "Rückkehr nach Montauk: Schlöndorff dreht mit Nina Hoss". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[Berlin-3] "Press Releases Competition 67th Berlinale - Competition and Berlinale Special - Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme". Berlinale. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[4] Barraclough, Leo (5 May 2016). "Cannes: Volker Schlondorff Shoots Return to Montauk with Stellan Skarsgard". Variety.

[5] Titze, Anne-Katrin. "Telling a secret story". Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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v t e Works by Colm Tóibín
Novels	The South (1990) The Heather Blazing (1992) The Story of the Night (1996) The Blackwater Lightship (1999) The Master (2004) Brooklyn (2009) The Testament of Mary (2012) Nora Webster (2014) House of Names (2017) The Magician (2021) Long Island: A Novel (2024)
Essay collections	Love in a Dark Time (2002) New Ways to Kill Your Mother (2012)
Short story collections	Mothers and Sons (2006) The Empty Family (2010)
Plays	Beauty in a Broken Place (2004)
Poetry	Cush Gap, 2007 (2011)
Screenplay	Return to Montauk (2017)
Non-fiction	Bad Blood (1987) Homage to Barcelona (1990) The Sign of the Cross (1994) Lady Gregory's Toothbrush (2002) The Use of Reason (2006)