The Wall

2013 • 108 minutes

About this movie

Martina Gedeck, star of the Academy Award®-winning film The Lives of Others, brings a vivid intensity to this mysterious and riveting tale of survival set in a spectacularly beautiful Austrian mountain landscape. In a tour-de-force performance, Gedeck stars as a woman who suddenly finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall inexplicably surrounds the countryside where she is vacationing. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature. As she grapples with her bizarre circumstances, she begins an inward journey of spiritual growth and transcendence. Based on Marlen Haushofer's eponymous classic novel, The Wall is a gorgeous, mesmerizing adventure film that raises profound questions about humanity, solitude, and our relationship to the natural world.

Ratings and reviews

She emphasized that when ur so alone u forget to become human and kill a fellow human..it happens when the man killed her cow.....may be theres a lesson from that story but i dont get it..and im not happy with the entire story..it wasted my time....

The dark night of the soul, or the withdrawal of God from the believer, is well done in this movie. The Biblical foundation is “As for that night, let darkness seize upon it.” In my opinion, the book should be read before the movie is watched. This movie is not for the faint of heart, unless you just want to be a spectator. The pruning that happened to the author is actually God’s chosen pathway for those who want to be united with Him.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path... A mans best friend is his dog. They will show you the way to happiness.