Struggle
IMDb ID: tt0337250 · Year: 2003 · Rating: 5.7 (171 votes)
Genres: Drama
Ewa, a young Polish woman, works from one job to the next - picking strawberries, working in a poultry slaughterhouse, scrubbing the swimming pools of the rich. Her existence is driven by the hope of finding better prospects for h...
Stars
Aleksandra Justa
Gottfried Breitfuss
Margit Wrobel
Martin Brambach
Rainer Egger
Writers
Barbara Albert
Martin Leidenfrost
Ruth Mader
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Aleksandra Justa | Character: Ewa
Actor: Gottfried Breitfuss | Character: Harold
Actor: Margit Wrobel | Character: Doctor
Actor: Martin Brambach | Character: Martin
Actor: Rainer Egger | Character: Actor
[Directors Group]
Name: Ruth Mader | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Barbara Albert | Role: Writer
Name: Martin Leidenfrost | Role: Writer
Name: Ruth Mader | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu | Role: Producer
Name: Gabriele Kranzelbinder | Role: Producer
Name: Ruth Mader | Role: Producer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Bernhard Keller | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Niki Mossböck | Role: Editor
[Casting Group]
Name: Matthias Greuling | Role: Casting Director
Name: Roland Zumbühl | Role: Casting Director
[Production Design Group]
Name: Ilona Glockel | Role: Production Designer
[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Ilona Glöckel | Role: Set Decorator
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Alexandra Burgstaller | Role: Costume Designer
Name: Christine Ludwig | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: Uschi Filipp | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Werner Höfling | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ilana Pitz | Role: Makeup Department
[Production Management]
Name: Katharina Possert | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Kristin Franke | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Sound Department]
Name: Karoline T. Heflin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bernhard Maisch | Role: Sound Department
Name: Elisabeth Reeh | Role: Sound Department
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Henry Notroff | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Solveig Sammer | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andrea Scharfenberg | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Location Management]
Name: Sören Bode | Role: Location Management
[Additional Crew]
Name: Moritz Heinlin | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337250/videogallery/
Release Schedule
France: May 18, 2003 (Cannes Film Festival)
Austria: June 13, 2003
Czech Republic: July 7, 2003 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
United States: August 29, 2003 (Telluride Film Festival)
Canada: September 5, 2003 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Poland: November 22, 2003 (Festiwal Filmów Krajów Unii Europejskiej, Warsaw)
Greece: November 23, 2003 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Norway: January 15, 2004 (Tromsø International Film Festival)
Czech Republic: January 23, 2004 (Febio Film Festival)
Germany: January 28, 2004 (Max Ophüls Festival)
Czech Republic: March 12, 2004 (European Union Film Festival)
France: June 9, 2004 (Paris Semaine du Cinéma Autrichien)
France: October 12, 2004 (Cinessonne Film Festival)
France: October 13, 2004
Hungary: December 5, 2004 (European Film Week)
Spain: June 24, 2005
Sweden: September 7, 2007
Germany: October 7, 2022 (Hamburg Film Festival)
Awards
Winner | 2005 | Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival | Festival Award | Best Narrative First Feature | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2004 | Sofia International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Winner | 2004 | Max Ophüls Festival | Screenplay Award | Ruth Mader, Martin Leidenfrost, Barbara Albert, Struggle | Tied with 'Jan Stahlberg' for Muxmäuschenstill (2004).
Nominee | 2004 | Max Ophüls Festival | Max Ophüls Award | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2003 | Bratislava International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2003 | First Steps Awards, Germany | First Steps Award | Feature Film - Over 60 Minutes Length (Abendfüllende Spielfilme) | Ruth Mader, Struggle | Filmakademie Wien.
Winner | 2003 | Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Ruth Mader, Struggle | For its perfect depicting of human suffering in two close but split worlds through uncompromizing cinematic aesthetics.
Winner | 2003 | Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival | Don Quixote Award - Special Mention | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2003 | Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival | Best Film Award | Best Full-Length Fiction Film | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2003 | Gijón International Film Festival | Grand Prix Asturias | Best Feature | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2003 | Torino Film Festival | Prize of the City of Torino | Best Feature Film | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Winner | 2003 | Torino Film Festival | Cipputi Award - Special Mention | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Nominee | 2003 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard Award | Ruth Mader, Struggle
Box Office
Austria: USD 3590
Period: Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2003 | Rank: 199 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 3590 | Interval gross: USD 3590 | Per theater average: USD 1196
