High Performance

Actors

Marcel Mohab

Marcel Mohab was born in Graz in 1979. He studied acting at the Bruckner University in Linz and at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris. In 2012 he received the Golden Kleinkunstnagel Cabaret Prize for his program "Animal Funk". "Habe die Ehre", in which Mohab played the leading role, won the Nestroy Prize for "Best Off-Theatre Production" in 2013. "High Performance" is his cinema debut.

Manuel Rubey

Manuel Rubey works as an actor and cabaret artist. His most recent movies include "Brand - Eine Totengeschichte" (director: Thomas Roth), "Echte Wiener 1 und 2" (director: Kurt Ockermüller and Barbara Gräftner), "Day and Night" (director: Sabine Derflinger), "Sympathy for the Devil - Jud Süss" (director: Oskar Roehler), and "Falco, Verdammt wir leben noch" (director: Thomas Roth). In 2012, he shot two firsts: "Rocket for Two" (director: Hans Hofer) and "Taking It Back" (director: Andreas Schmied). 2013 followed "High Performance", the first film by Johanna Moder.

Katharina Pizzera

Katharina Pizzera was born in Graz in 1982. She studied acting at the Bruckner University in Linz and at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Member of the artist collective "Gruppe Dagmar". During her studies she was a guest performer at the Landestheater Linz. After training, ensemble member at the Theater Kanton Zürich in Winterthur, Theater der Jugend in Vienna and since 2011 at the Schauspielhaus Salzburg. In "High Performance" she plays a leading role in a feature film for the first time.