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The Souffleur

The Souffleur

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The Souffleur

2026

1h 18m

7.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Lucius Glantz, a veteran hotel manager in Vienna, fights to save his beloved establishment from a scheming realtor's plan to demolish it, leading to a clash of wills that even affects the hotel's renowned soufflé recipe.

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Production Companies

Little Magnet Films

Primo Content

KGP Filmproduktion

Kino Lorber

Film Fonds Wien

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Lucius

Lilly Lindner

Lilly

Stéphanie Argerich

Stéphanie Argerich

Tasiko

Gastón Solnicki

Gastón Solnicki

Imona Mirrakhimova

Claus Philip

Camille Clair

Han-Gyeol Lie

Franz Taferner

Fernando Trocca

Creative team

Directed by: Gastón Solnicki
Written by: Gastón Solnicki
Julia Niemann
Produced by: Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Paolo Calamita

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