Invincible

Invincible (2001)

A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.

Date of release
2001-12-02
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (61)
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Werner Herzog

Casting

Interesting facts

Invincible is a 2001 biographical historical drama film written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog. It is a fictionalized account of the lives of Zishe Breitbart, a Jewish strongman in early 20th-century Berlin, and Erik Jan Hanussen, a self-proclaimed mystic and clairvoyant. It stars real-life strongman Jouko Ahola as Breitbart and Tim Roth as Hanussen.

Production

While basing his story on the real-life figure Zishe Breitbart, Herzog uses the bare facts of Breitbart's life to weave fact and fiction. For example, the story is set in 1932 Berlin, seven years after Breitbart's death in 1925. The historical Marta Farra was not a pianist, but a fellow strength performer nicknamed "Hercules Girl".

The real Zishe Breibart's grandson, Gary Bart, was a producer on the film and plays a supporting role. Yitzchok Adlerstein was a rabbinical consultant on the film.

Shooting took place on-location in Kuldīga, Latvia and Vilnius as well as Museum of Lithuanian people's lifestyle, Rumšiškės in Lithuania, in Germany, and in the United Kingdom. The final sequence was shot on Christmas Island.

The film features an original score composed by German composer Hans Zimmer, co-written with fellow composer Klaus Badelt. Along with films like The Pledge (also co-written with Zimmer) this marks one of the first projects of Badelt in the feature film industry, and one of several collaborations with Herzog as well.

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