Fall Lucona, Der (1993)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Jack Gold

Writers:

Jim Hawkins (writer)
Hans Pretterebner (novel)
(more)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Manfred Andrae	...	Tobisch
Francois Clemenceau	...	Crewman
Barbara Dumba
Günter Einbrodt
Marty Fried	...	Cyrus O'Mara
Michou Friesz	...	Linda Leeuwen
Eisi Gulp	...	Jaap van Bellum
Günther Maria Halmer	...	Captain Leuwen
Miguel Herz-Kestranek	...	Greifenstein
Alexandra Hilverth
Georg Hoffmann-Ostenhof
Johanna Hohloch
Christine Jirku
Hans Dieter Knebel
Boris Manner
Georg Marischka	...	Judge
Franco Nero	...	Enzo Lombardo
Stephan Paryla
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Hans Strasser
Hans-Michael Rehberg	...	Minister Robert Falk
Mathias Rothammer	...	Strasser's Son
Fenja Rühl
Dominique Sanda	...	Lili Wolff
Anja Schiller	...	Rudi's Wife
Hermann Schmid	...	Agent
August Schmölzer	...	Dr. Brammer
Heinz Schubert	...	Minister Kurt Bach
Joachim Paul Schulze
David Suchet	...	Rudi Waltz
Amorn Surangkanjanajai
Julia von Sell	...	Margarete Strasser
Friedrich von Thun	...	Minister Klaus Weidenfeld
Martina Wäfler

Directed by
Jack Gold

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Hawkins		writer
Hans Pretterebner		novel
Joshua Sinclair		writer

Produced by
Gerhard Czepe	....	executive producer
Manfred D. Heid	....	producer
Veit Heiduschka	....	producer
Michael Katz	....	executive producer
Herbert G. Kloiber	....	producer
Jorge Santoyo	....	producer: Mexico

Original Music by
John Scott

Cinematography by
Gernot Roll

Film Editing by
Keith Palmer

Production Design by
Thomas Riccabona

Art Direction by
Florian Reichmann

Costume Design by
Claudia Bobsin

Makeup Department
Martina Angeletti	....	makeup artist
Georgette Künsemüller	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Andi Lang	....	production manager
Gerhard Rupp	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Clive Reed	....	assistant director
Rikolt von Gagern	....	assistant director

Art Department
Maria Eugenia Gonzalez	....	assistant to production designer
Johannes Slapa	....	property master

Sound Department
Rupert Scrivener	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Szabolcs	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Alex Lemke	....	titles

Camera and Electrical Department
Henner Hofmann	....	aerial director of photography
Jörg Widmer	....	Steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Hugo Middleton	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Gerhard Rupp	....	transportation manager

Other crew
Arturo Del Rio	....	location manager
Gretl Zeilinger	....	continuity

Other Companies

• Anvil Post Production  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

The Lucona Affair

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Murder, fraud and bribery, Austrian style

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In 1977 a well-known Viennese business man hires an old freighter called "Lucona", loads it with an alleged uranium milling machine and makes it sink in the Indian Ocean to collect the insurance. He is protected by several Austrian Government members. Only a determined journalist succeeds to bring him into jail.

The story actually happened in Austria. It took several years to bring the business man to justice and make three ministers resign. The business man was absolutely sure that nobody dared to open a case against him, because he knew the right people with sufficient influence. He was right - but not for good.

The journalist later became a member of the Austrian Parliament for some time, the business man died in summer 2001 in his prison cell.