The Wall

Original title: Die Wand

2012
12A
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

7.6K

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A woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the landscape.A woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the landscape.A woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the landscape.

Director
- Julian Pölsler
Writers
- Marlen Haushofer
- Julian Pölsler
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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

7.6K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,963

4,875

Director
- Julian Pölsler
Writers
- Marlen Haushofer
- Julian Pölsler
Stars

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Awards
- 5 wins & 15 nominations total

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Martina Gedeck

Woman

Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach

Luchs

Karlheinz Hackl

Hugo
(as Karl Heinz Hackl)

Ulrike Beimpold

Luise

Julia Gschnitzer

Cottager

Hans-Michael Rehberg

Cottager

Wolfgang M. Bauer

Man
(as Wolfgang Maria Bauer)

Director
- Julian Pölsler
Writers
- Marlen Haushofer
- Julian Pölsler
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User reviews83

Featured review

7/10

I rather liked this

Hard to write this without spoilers, but here goes...

The Wall is not sci-fi, and it's not what a lot of other reviewers seem to think either. It's not a bad film at all.

Deliberately set in a beautiful but challenging place - the place the central character inhabits, The Wall could be about any boundary between ourselves and the outside world. It's very solitary, very existential, very personal. I rather liked this: an inner journey.

Superbly photographed, The Wall is worth watching just for this.

Speaking personally, to me it's obvious what the sub-text is. I won't name it, but the symbolism is clear: a white crow, two animals giving birth, a single mature woman alone, a companion who can be no more than that. There are other more subtle symbols too.

At root, The Wall is an exploration of extreme isolation, and a realisation of what that really means.

tobydale
Apr 2, 2024
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Trivia
Official submission of Austria to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.

Goofs
When she goes to bed for the first night, it's dark outside. Later she explains she went to bed at 9pm on this May day. It's nowhere near dark at 9pm in that region, especially with DST.

Quotes
Woman: Now I am completely calm. I see a little bit further. I see this is not the end yet. Everything goes on. Taurus, Pearl and Luchs will not return. But something new is approaching, and I cannot escape it. The memory, the grief and the fear will remain and there will be hard work as long as I live.