An intelligent science-fiction thriller that puts an electrifying,
futuristic spin on present-day preoccupations like flight from reality,
and destruction of the environment.
Space freighter Kassandra, en route to far-distant Station 42. The only crewmember awake on board of the run-down ship is Laura, a young doctor. Her crew companions are asleep, deep-frozen. It will be another four months before Laura reaches the end of her lonely watch. During her daily inspection rounds through the quiet empty spaceship, Laura develops an increasing sense of not being alone on board. Strange noises finally force her to wake captain Lacroix. When their exploration of the dark cold cargo-space ends in fiasco the rest of the crew must be defrozen. Something or someone seems to be hiding in the cargo devices. A cat and mouse game begins, in which nothing is what it appears to be ...
Awards
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya (2009)
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya Award
nominated Other (Fantàstic Panorama Section)
Toronto After Dark Film Festival (2010)
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Awards
won Best Science Fiction Film (& Best Special Effects)
Schweizer Filmpreis (2010)
Schweizer Filmpreis
nominated Best Film (for Quarz 2010)
Key Information
Original Title | Cargo - Space is Cold |
Genre |
Science fiction |
Produced by: | Atlantis Pictures in coproduction with SF Schweizer Fernsehen, Teleclub AG and Centauri Media AG |
Year Of Production | 2009 |
Duration | 01h59h00h00 min |
Country Of Origin | Switzerland |
Language Versions | German [OV], English [SUB TITLE], English [DUB], French [DUB] |
Cast & Crew
Director/s | Ivan Engler Ralph Etter |
Cast | Anna K. Schwabroh Martin Rapold Claude-Oliver Rudolph Pierre Semmler |
Producer/s | Marcel Wolfisberg |
Writer/s | Johnny Hartmann Thilo Röscheisen Patrik Steinmann |