ALMA AND OSKAR

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ALMA & OSKAR

ALMA AND OSKAR

By Dieter BERNER

AUSTRIAN FILMS - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2020

ALMA AND OSKAR (working title) is a movie about the passionate and existential relationship between the Viennese society Grand Dame Alma Mahler and the artist enfant terrible Oskar Kokoschka which began in 1912.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Biography
- Countries
- AUSTRIA, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Director(s)
- Dieter BERNER
- Cast
- Emily COX, Noah L. PERKTOLD, Daniel STRÄSSER
- Synopsis
- ALMA AND OSKAR explores the passionate and
  tumultuous three-year relationship between the
  Grand Dame of Viennese society Alma Mahler
  (1879-1964) and the Austrian artist and enfant
  terrible Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). In the
  early 1900s, Kokoschka was an up-and-coming
  painter, influenced by the work of Gustav Klimt
  yet with his own distinctive expressionist style.
  Considered one of the greatest expressionist
  artists of the 20th century, Kokoschka created
  his most famous work using Alma as a model,
  and the years of their relationship marked the
  most prodigious period in his life. A composer in
  her own right, Alma Mahler was a vibrant figure
  on Vienna’s art and music scene, and by the
  time she started her fiery affair with Kokoschka,
  she had already buried her first husband,
  composer Gustav Mahler, and begun an on-andoff relationship with architect Walter Gropius.
  ALMA AND OSKAR is a testament to the power
  and perils of their passion.