Director
Timm Kröger
Composer
Diego Ramos Rodriguez, David Schweighart
Cast
Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler
Edition 2023
118'
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2023
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Thriller
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Dialogue:
German, Italian, French
German Hitchcock homage Die Theorie von Allem takes a dusty science conference in the Swiss mountain peaks to absurd heights. Nothing is what it seems in this enigmatic black-and-white pastiche. Can quantum mechanics bringer order to a chaotic universe?
In 1962, a young physicist travels with his thesis supervisor to a mysterious conference in the Swiss Alps where a scientist is about to reveal what he says is a groundbreaking theory. No dry subject matter in Die Theorie von Allem, but an unctuous blend of genres spiced up with numerous nods to Alfred Hitchcock thrillers. Deadly spy intrigues, film noir motifs and cold war paranoia merge with speculative science fiction in the snowy landscape. A sinister tension hangs in the air and among the physicists. The stylish black-and-white photography betrays that director and cinematographer Timm Kröger is also a gifted cinematographer. Kröger defies the laws of physics as much as the audience's expectations. Even for those who have had their fill of multiverses in the cinema. In an absurd world, anything is possible.
“A conference about quantum physics in 1960s Switzerland plays host to this atmospheric noir debut. Style meets even more style in Timm Kröger’s dazzling The Theory of Everything. (...) A black-and-white Hitchcockian multiverse time-meld (...) set in post-War Switzerland of 1961.” - Screen Daily
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Credits
Directors
Timm Kröger
Composers
Diego Ramos Rodriguez, David Schweighart
Cast
Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler
Scenario
Timm Kröger, Roderick Warich
Director of Photography
Roland Stuprich
Editors
Jann Anderegg
Producers
David Bohun, Sarah Born, Tina Börner, Heino Deckert, Lixi Frank, Rajko Jazbec, Timm Kröger, Dario Schoch, Viktoria Stolpe
Production studios
ma.ja.de fiction
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Dialogue
German, Italian, French
Countries of production
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Year
2023
Filmography
Timm Kröger
Das leicht beunruhigende Schaukeln bei der Fahrt ins Tal (2012), The Council of Birds (2014), The Theory of Everything (2023)