Cinema of Luxembourg

The Luxembourg film industry is quite small. However, many films have been made in the country, both by native filmmakers and by people from other countries.

Cinema of Luxembourg
Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
No. of screens33 (2011)[1]
  Per capita7.1 per 100,000 (2011)[1]
Produced feature films (2011)[2]
Fictional13 (81.3%)
Animated1 (6.3%)
Documentary2 (12.5%)
Number of admissions (2011)[3]
Total1,280,000
  Per capita2.4 (2012)[4]
Gross box office (2011)[3]
Total€9.4 million

In 1993, Dammentour by Paul Scheuer (AFO-Productions) and Hochzäitsnuecht (Paul Cruchten) won awards at the Max Ophüls Festival in Saarbrücken.

Since 2003, the Luxembourg Film Award is awarded for the best productions of Luxembourgian cinema.

List of native feature films made in Luxembourg (selection)

  • L'amour, oui! mais...(1970) directed by Philippe Schneider
  • Wat huet e gesot? (1981) directed by Paul Scheuer, Georges Fautsch and Maisy Hausemer
  • When the Music's Over (1981) directed by Andy Bausch (8 mm)
  • E Fall fir sech (1984) directed by Menn Bodson and Marc Olinger starring Josiane Peiffer and René Pütz
  • Congé fir e Mord (1983) directed by Paul Scheuer starring Josiane Peiffer and Paul Scheuer
  • Déi zwéi vum Bierg (1985) directed by Menn Bodson, Gast Rollinger and Marc Olinger starring Fernand Fox
  • Gwyncilla, Legend of Dark Ages (1986) directed by Andy Bausch starring Géraldine Karier and Thierry van Werveke
  • Die Reise das Land (1986) directed by Paul Kieffer and Fränk Hoffmann starring Mathias Kniesbeck and André Jung
  • Troublemaker (1988) directed by Andy Bausch starring Thierry van Werveke and Jochen Senf
  • De falschen Hond (1989) directed by Menn Bodson, Gast Rollinger and Marc Olinger starring André Jung
  • Mumm Sweet Mumm (1989) directed by Paul Scheuer, Georges Fautsch and Maisy Hausemer starring Josiane Peiffer
  • A Wopbopaloobop A Lopbamboom (1989) directed by Andy Bausch starring Désirée Nosbusch, Sabine Berg and Thierry van Werveke
  • Schacko Klak (1990) directed by Paul Kieffer and Fränk Hoffmann starring André Jung, Paul Greisch and Myriam Muller
  • Hochzäitsnuecht (1992) directed by Pol Cruchten starring Myriam Muller and Thierry van Werveke
  • Dammentour (1992) directed by Paul Scheuer, Georges Fautsch and Maisy Hausemer starring Josiane Peiffer and Germain Wagner
  • Three Shake-a-leg Steps to Heaven (1993) directed by Andy Bausch starring Thierry van Werweke, Udo Kier, Eddie Constantine and Désirée Nosbusch
  • Back in Trouble (1997) directed by Andy Bausch starring Thierry van Werveke and Moritz Bleibtreu
  • Le Club des Chômeurs (2001) directed by Andy Bausch starring Thierry van Werveke, André Jung and Myriam Muller
  • Rendolepsis (2003) directed by Marc Barnig
  • Duell (2003) starring Carlo Pallucca, Thierry Stoffel
  • La Revanche (2004) directed by Andy Bausch starring Thierry van Werveke, André Jung and Sascha Ley
  • Zombie Film (2005) directed by Patrick Ernzer & Mike Tereba
  • Perl oder Pica (2006) directed by Pol Cruchten
  • E Liewe laang [lb] (1991) directed by Marc Olinger
  • Who's Quentin? (2006) directed by Sacha Bachim
  • Reste bien, mec! (2009) directed by Adolf El Assal
  • The Treasure Knights and the Secret of Melusina (2012)
  • Heemwéi (2014) directed by Sacha Bachim
  • Mammejong (2015) directed by Jacques Molitor
  • Baby(a)lone (2015) directed by Donato Rotunno
  • Eng nei Zäit (2015) directed by Christophe Wagner
  • Voices from Chernobyl (2016) directed by Pol Cruchten
  • Kropemann [lb] (2016) directed by Patrick Ernzer
  • Rusty Boys (2017) directed by Andy Bausch
  • Gutland (2017) directed by Govinda Van Maele
  • De Superjhemp retörns (2018) directed by Félix Koch
  • Péitruss [lb] (2019) directed by Max Jacoby
  • De Buttek (2019) directed by Luc Feit

List of native documentary films made in Luxembourg (selection)

List of foreign films made in Luxembourg (selection)

Canada

  • Falling Through (2000) - directed by Colin Bucksey and starring James West and Marjo Baayen

France

United Kingdom

United States

See also

References

  1. "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. "Country Profiles". Europa Cinemas. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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