| A Sacrifice | |
| Director: | Jordan Scott |
| Screenplay: | Jordan Scott |
| Music: | Volker Bertelmann |
| Cinematography: | Julie Kirkwood |
| Editing: | Rachel Durance |
| Distributor: | Vertical[1] |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Gross: | $135,625[2] [3] |
A Sacrifice is a 2024 psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Jordan Scott and starring Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, and Sylvia Hoeks. A co-production between Germany and United States,[3] the film is an adaptation of Nicholas Hogg's 2015 novel Tokyo.
A Sacrifice had a limited theatrical release in the United States by Vertical Entertainment on 28 June 2024. It was released in select cinemas in Germany (titled Berlin Nobody) on 1 August 2024.[3]
An American social psychologist in Berlin must save his daughter from a cult after she falls in love with a boy who is under the thrall of the cult's charismatic leader.
The film was co-produced by Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss for Scott Free Productions in conjunction with Cologne-based Augenschein Filmproduktion's Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, and Georgina Pope. Executive producers were Jonathan Saubach for Augenschein and Rebecca Feuer for Scott Free.
Kiernan Shipka was initially added to the production in January 2022 alongside Bana, but left the project before principal photography began in September 2022.[4] In May 2022, Sylvia Hoeks was added to the cast. In September 2022, Sadie Sink, Jonas Dassler, and Sophie Rois were added to the cast.[5] Stephan Kampwirth and Lara Feith were announced to be part of the cast in May 2024.
Principal photography began in Berlin in September 2022.[6] Filming was wrapped by December 2022.[7] [8]
A Sacrifice is the second film (after The Dive in 2023) under the strategic sales partnership between UK-based Protagonist Pictures and the German distributor Augenschein Sales, with both companies sharing joint sales rights to the film worldwide.[9] [10]
In February 2024, Vertical acquired North American distribution rights to the film, which was subsequently re-titled A Sacrifice in May 2024, releasing the film in select theatres on 28 June 2024.[1] [11] [3]
A Sacrifice was released in Germany under the title Berlin Nobody on 1 August 2024.[3]
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film one out of four stars and wrote, "The first two-thirds of A Sacrifice are a largely leaden affair... it then proceeds to get infinitely worse in its final act as it shifts from tediousness to outright lunacy".[12]