Gold (2013 film)
{{short description|2013 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gold
| image = Gold 2013 poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Thomas Arslan
| producer = Florian Koerner von Gustorf
Michael Weber
| writer = Thomas Arslan
| starring = Nina Hoss
Uwe Bohm
| music = Dylan Carlson
| cinematography = Patrick Orth
| editing = Bettina Böhler
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2013|2|9|Berlin|2013|2|28|Germany|df=yes}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
English
}}
Gold is a 2013 German Western film directed by Thomas Arslan. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2013/08_pressemitteilungen_2013/08_pressemitteilungen_2013detail_16404.html |title=Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed |access-date=24 January 2013 |work=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin |date=11 January 2013 |publisher=Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media}}{{Cite journal |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gold-berlin-review-420026 |title=Gold: Berlin Review |access-date=10 February 2013 |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2 September 2013 |last=Young |first=Deborah}}
Plot
The film depicts a trek of settlers of German and Austrian-Hungarian origin on their way through a sparsely populated part of Canada. The Group travels in 1899 from Ashcroft, British Columbia to Dawson City, following the Klondike Gold Rush.
Cast
- Nina Hoss as Emily Meyer
- Uwe Bohm as Gustav Müller
- Kindall Charters as First Indian
- Rosa Enskat as Maria Dietz
- Peter Kurth as Wilhelm Laser
- {{Ill|Marko Mandić (actor)|de|3=Marko Mandić|lt=Marko Mandić}} as Carl Böhmer
- Wolfgang Packhäuser as Otto Dietz
- Lars Rudolph as Joseph Rossmann
Reception
Variety{{'}}s Alissa Simon described the film as an "involving, naturalistic period piece" and an homage to "late-era Western". She also appreciated the cinematography for portraying the landscapes as "ruggedly majestic".{{cite journal |title=Gold |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/markets-festivals/gold-1117949202/ |journal=Variety |access-date=9 February 2013 |last=Simon |first=Alissa |date=9 February 2013 |publisher=Variety Media, LLC}}
Cine Vue's Patrick Gamble praised Nina Hoss for being "her usual captivating self" who convinces the audience she lived through a variety of strong emotions "without even flinching a muscle" but he also stated her performance was squandered because the plot offered "little in the way of entertainment or palpable suspense".{{cite journal |title=EIFF 2013: 'Gold' review |url=https://cine-vue.com/2013/06/eiff-2013-gold-review.html |journal=Cine Vue |access-date=11 February 2013 |date=25 June 2013 |last=Gamble |first=Patrick}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|2338846|Gold}}
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Category:2013 Western (genre) films
Category:2013 multilingual films
Category:2010s German-language films
Category:German Western (genre) films
Category:Films set in British Columbia
Category:German independent films
Category:German multilingual films