A Hidden Life (2019)

***A Hidden Life*** is a 2019 epic historical drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick. It stars August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, and Matthias Schoenaerts, with Michael Nyqvist and Bruno Ganz in their final performance. The film depicts the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. The title is taken from George Eliot's *Middlemarch*:

> ... for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
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Eliot in turn derived it from a phrase in the New Testament, the Epistle to the Colossians 3:3: "For you died, and [now] your life is hidden with Christ in God."

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2019. It received critical acclaim upon release and was the final feature film to be released under the Fox Searchlight Pictures name before Walt Disney Studios changed the company's name to Searchlight Pictures on January 17, 2020.

## Shooting

* Filming was from June 11th, 2016 - September of 2016.

## Cast

* August Diehl - Franz Jägerstätter
* Valerie Pachner - Franziska Jägerstätter
* Maria Simon - Resie Schwaninger
* Karin Neuhäuser - Rosalia Jägerstätter
* Tobias Moretti - Fr. Fürthauer
* Ulrich Matthes - Lorenz Schwaninger
* Matthias Schoenaerts - Captain Herder
* Franz Rogowski - Waldland
* Karl Markovics - Mayor Kraus (as Karl Marvocics)
* Bruno Ganz - Judge Lueben
* Michael Nyqvist - Bishop Fliesser
* Wolfgang Michael - Eckinger
* Johannes Krisch - Trakl, the Miller
* Johan Leysen - Ohlendorf, the Painter
* Martin Wuttke - Major Kiel
* Waldemar Kobus - Warder Stein
* Sophie Rois - Aunt Walburga
* Alexander Fehling - Lawyer Feldman
* Dimo Alexiev - Nikolai
* Ida Mutschlechner - Rosi Jägerstätter
* Maria Weger - Maridl Jägerstätter
* Aennie Lade - Loisi Jägerstätter
* Mark Waschke - Spitz, the blacksmith
* Felix Römer - Policeman
* Andro Sarishvili - Andro
* Levan Khurtsia - Levan
* Max Malatesta - Max
* Ermin Sijamija - Ermin
* Markus Schwärzer - Linz Sergeant
* Ulrich Brandhoff - Captain Jürgen
* Michael Steinocher - Officer Kersting
* Leo Baumgartner - Toni Strohhofer
* Maria Stadler - Maria, the Widow
* Oliver Pezzi - Fitz
* Alexander Radszun - Scharfrichter
* Thomas Mraz - Prosecutor Kleint
* Dieter Kosslick - Judge Musshoff
* Bernd Hölscher - Judge Ranft
* Christian Sengewald - Fr. Kreutzberg
* Johannes Nussbaum - Josef
* Leonard Kunz - Scharfrichter's Assistant (as Leo Kunz)
* Moritz Katzmair - Martin
* Amber Shave - Rosi Jägerstätter (Young)
* Barabara Stampfl - Maridl Jägerstätter (Young)
* Johannes Gabl - Hessler
* Katja Lechthaler - Frau Pate
* Max Mauff - Sterz
* Monika Lennartz - Frau Schuster
* Horst Saller - Enns Officer

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Joel Basman - Military Trainee (uncredited)
* Sarah Born - The Girl (uncredited)
* Mathias Datow - Prison Guard (uncredited)
* Walter de Winter - Prisoner (uncredited)
* Dominik Hermanns - Prison Officer (uncredited)
* Adolf Hitler - Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
* Konrad Hochgruber - Gänshänger (uncredited)
* Jasmin Barbara Mairhofer - Frau Pate (uncredited)
* Thomas Nash - German Soldier (uncredited)
* Robin Oberhollenzer - Admirer of Resie (uncredited)
* Ingrid Porzner - Innkeeper (uncredited)
* Thomas Prenn - (uncredited)
* Jürgen Prochnow - Major Schlegel (uncredited)
* Nicholas Reinke - Father Moericke (uncredited)
* Peter Schorn - Hessler's Friend (uncredited)
* Florian Schwienbacher - Bishop's Clerk (uncredited)
* Benno Steinegger - Corporal Grimm (uncredited)
* Chris Theisinger - Prisoner (uncredited)

## Link

* https://ww2-movie-characters.fandom.com/wiki/Category:A\_Hidden\_Life