---
title: 'Fog in August (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kai Wessel'
released: '2016-09-29'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fog-in-august-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4250566/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fog in August (2016)

2016 · 126 min · Drama · Germany, Austria

Original title: Nebel im August

## Synopsis

Fog in August is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel. It is based on the 2008 novel Fog in August by Robert Domes, and is inspired by the documented true story of the 14 year old Yenish boy Ernst Lossa (1929–1944). It was listed as one of eight films that could be the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kai Wessel](https://cinepixo.com/people/kai-wessel)
- **Screenplay:** [Holger Karsten Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/holger-karsten-schmidt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Martin Todsharow](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-todsharow)
- **Producer:** [Ulrich Limmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-limmer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hagen Bogdanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hagen-bogdanski)
- **Editor:** [Tina Freitag](https://cinepixo.com/people/tina-freitag)

## Cast

- [Niklas Post](https://cinepixo.com/people/niklas-post) as Josef
- [Thomas Schubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-schubert) as Paul Hechtle
- [David Bennent](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bennent) as Oja
- [Lyonel Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyonel-hollaender) as Christoph
- [Arne Wichert](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-wichert) as Toni
- [Jule Hermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jule-hermann) as Nandl
- [Ivo Pietzcker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-pietzcker) as Ernst Lossa
- [Karl Markovics](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-markovics) as Christian Lossa
- [Franziska Singer](https://cinepixo.com/people/franziska-singer) as Frau Klein
- [Sebastian Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-koch) as Dr. Werner Veithausen
- [Patrick Heyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-heyn) as Nazi
- [Fritzi Haberlandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritzi-haberlandt) as Oberschwester Sophia
- [Juls Serger](https://cinepixo.com/people/juls-serger) as Hermann Klein
- [Branko Samarovski](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-samarovski) as Max Witt
- [Henriette Confurius](https://cinepixo.com/people/henriette-confurius) as Edith Kiefer

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fog-in-august-2016
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