Rent Laurin (1988)
3.2 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
A small German port at the turn of the century, nestled in a romantic river landscape with dense woods and a large ruined castle on a hill. Laurin (Dóra Szinetár), a pretty girl aged nine, lives together with her young mother Flora (Brigitte Karner) in a remote, ivy-clad cottage in the middle of the forest. Laurin's father is a sailor, and is often away for months at a time. One evening, after taking her husband to the harbour, Flora dies on the way home under mysterious circumstances by drowning in the icy water of the river. Flora's death feels like a horrible accident, yet her young daughter feels something evil is concealed in the village community. On the same evening, a young gypsy boy is also killed. As she grows older, Laurin becomes tortured by bizarre dreams and visions. Step by step she realises that her mother and the gypsy boy have fallen victim to a murderer who haunts the castle in the company of a black, wolfish dog. One last vision reveals to Laurin the circumstances of her mothers death, and in frantic despair Laurin attempts to save her life and to defeat the murderer. - Actors:
- Dóra Szinetár, Brigitte Karner, Károly Eperjes, Hédi Temessy, Barnabás Tóth, Kati Sír, Endre Kátay, János Derzsi, Zoltán Gera, Ildikó Hámori, Zsolt Szerenyi, Ottilia Marschek, Gabriella Marschek, Attila Hajdu, Gábor Németh
- Directors:
- Robert Sigl
- Producers:
- Bernhardt Stampfer, Andreas Bareiss
- Writers:
- Ádám Rozgonyi, Robert Sigl
- Aka:
- Laurin: A Journey Into Death
- Studio:
- Oracle
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/04/2023
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, German LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
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- Bonus:
- Filmed interviews with actors Dora Szinetar and Barnabas Toth, and cinematographer Nyika Jancso
- Video appreciation by film historian and author Jonathan Rigby
- The Making of Laurin - an archival documentary
- Two award-winning short films by Robert Sigi:
- The Christmas Tree (Der Weihnachtsbaum, 1983)
- Coronoia 21 (2021)
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Reviews (2) of Laurin
Has potential... - Laurin review by RD
...but flawed here by a poor print and only a terrible English dub, though a German film. Disappointing because there is a lot of well sustained mood but eventually undermined by a poor release. Though to be fair, some people call this twisty and it's not. the Who Did It is obvious not that that matters because it feels to me to be more of a mood piece. Still worth watching for the atmosphere, you just wish you could watch it in the original German and in a shiny new transfer that the film probably deserves.
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Too many flaws - Laurin review by MS
According to the accompanying documentary the film was actually made in English, the non-English-speaking Hungarian cast having been coached with the pronunciation of their lines. This would account for the noticeable differences in accent and confidence. This is one of the inconsistencies that mar this film and which limit its intelligibility; nor are there any subtitles that might otherwise be helpful.
If the accents are largely implausible so too are the costumes — how likely is is that almost everyone in so remote a rural location would be so well-dressed in clothes so evidently new? Luscious filming in an attractive setting does not offset the film's fundamental mistakes.
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