Private Project

The Witch and the Ottoman

It’s the year 1699 and the Ottoman Empire is raging through Europe. TAHIR, an Ottoman soldier gets captured on the battlefield and is forced to become a Christian. Meanwhile the people are starving. The young Catharina is held responsible for the spoiled harvest and, accused of being a witch, sentenced to death. Tahir comes to rescue her before she gets killed but both of them are now being hunted by the raging LORD WILHELM and his soldiers. A fight for love, tolerance and power begins.

  • Sebastian Mattukat
    Director
    The Rising, Comtesse
  • Sebastian Mattukat
    Writer
    The Rising, Comtesse
  • Alexander Schubert
    Writer
  • Erkan Acar
    Writer
    Ronny & Klaid, Aslan
  • Eric Sonnenburg
    Producer
    Snowflake, Ingenium
  • Erkan Acar
    Producer
    Snowflake, Ronny & Klaid
  • Aysel Yilmaz
    Producer
    8 seconds, Conni & Co 2
  • Erkan Acar
    Key Cast
    "TAHIR"
    Snowflake, Der Bulle und das Biest
  • Xenia Assenza
    Key Cast
    "CATHARINA"
    Snowflake, Ronny & Klaid, Doc meets Dorf
  • Gedeon Burkhard
    Key Cast
    "LORD WILHELM"
    Inglorious Basterds, Snowflake, Kommissar Rex
  • Alexander Schubert
    Key Cast
    "JOHANN"
    Snowflake, Die Läusemutter, Sketch History, Blackout
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Action, Adventure, Romance, historical, fantasy
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 27 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Alexa Mini
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2,39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sebastian Mattukat

Sebastian Mattukat was born in Berlin, 1987. He received his high school diploma in 2006, before gaining his first filmmaking experience as an assistant editor and then editor working on music videos and corporate films. Since 2009, Sebastian has focused on his work as a director. In 2012 he directed the post-apocalyptic short film „The Rising“, which was screened at SITGES, the LA Screamfest and the Shnit among other places and his short film „Comtesse“ (2013) premiered at the Landshut Kurzfilmfestival.

As a commercial director, he has worked with Foodora, Toom and Bertelsmann among many others. „Erwartungen“ represents his feature debut as writer, director and producer.

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