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Die Theorie von Allem
The Universal Theory
Germany / Austria / Switzerland 2023
produced by David Bohun, Sarah Born, Tina Börner, Heino Deckert, Lixi Frank, Rajko Jazbec, Timm Kröger, Dario Schoch, Viktoria Stolpe for Ma.ja.de. Fiction, The Barricades, Panama Film, Catpics Coproductions
directed by Timm Kröger
starring Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, David Bennent, Philippe Graber, Imogen Kogge, Emanuel Waldburg-Zeil, Vivienne Bayley, Ladina von Frisching, Dirk Böhling, Marie Goyette, Paul Wolff-Plottegg, Peter Hottinger, Dana Herfurth, Joey Zimmermann, Eva Maria Jost, Jonathan Wirtz, Martin Gressmann, Martin Müller, Dominik Graf (voice)
written by Roderick Warich, Timm Kröger, music by Diego Ramos Rodriguez, David Schweighart
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Physics student Leinert (Jan Bülow) travels to the Swiss alps for a
congress together with his mentor Dr. Strathen (Hanns Zischler), a mentor
he doesn't necessarily see eye to eye with, especially when it comes to
the topic of his dissertation about the existence of a multiverse, which
Strathen insists of being mere nonsense a little bit too vehemently. At
the hotel the congress is held the two of them meet Professor Blumberg
(Gottfried Breitfuss), a man much more receptive of Leinert's theories -
and thus he's quickly antagonized by Strathen. Soon enough though,
Blumberg's found dead, murdered. Leinert in the meantime meets lovely
pianist Karin (Olivia Ross) and the two fall in love. Thing is, Karin
knows things about Leinert she cannot possibly know - but then she gets a
story about his mother wrong, and when he tells her so she makes a quick
escape, and it takes Leinert a few days to find out where she lives. Thing
is, the young pageboy (Emanuel Waldburg-Zeil) who has given him her
address is soon found dead. In Karin's room though, Leinert finds some
writings that are eerily close to his theory about the multiverse - but
then her room is emptied by none other than thought dead Blumberg. Leinert
eventually finds the area's fabled uranium mines and finds they're
actually inhabited by a secret society that somehow experiments in
harnessing the multiverse. Karin is one of them, and when Leinert tries to
confront her she shoots him dead. Only that's not the end of Leinert's
story by a longshot ... Now The Universal Theory isn't a
film to easily digest let alone to understand, and it's approach that's a
mix of dead serious and highly ironic might be partly to blame for that,
coupled with its outright refusal to give answers to every question it
poses let alone try to explain everything away. Instead it throws itself
headfirst into a mystery that's never even supposed to be solved. That
said, this is nevertheless a highly fascinating film, a weird suspense
piece that's slightly reminiscent of David Lynch in its weirdness but also
intentionally old-fashioned in its directorial approach, often resembling
German crime movies from bygone eras more than anything else, and the film
sure makes a very entertaining watch.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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