About the film

Aussig is a black comedy set in Ústí nad Labem. The story revolves around the relationship between two new lecturers at a local university - a Russian and an American. Tension starts when the two men are forced to live together in one small dorm room. The two men could not be more unlike. They quickly develop a dislike for each other. They conflict over everything from ketchup to women. It is as if another Cold War has broken out with the battleground being their little tiny dorm room.

I really like the fact that we’re filming in Ústí and that the story takes place in Ústí. I think most people when they think about the Czech Republic and film they just naturally think about Prague and – you know - for good reason. But the fact that we are not in Prague but this film will be shot in Ústí allows us to tell a different sort of story and bring a different sort of feel to the whole texture of the film. I think that’s a really good thing.

Tony Laue - screenwriter, director

The idea comes from my own stories. It comes from me talking about my life three years ago when I first came to Ústí and I lived in the dorms and I had that interesting roommate. I talked a lot about it and I told those little stories to Tony and he decided to write us the screenplay based on that.

Nik Pitetsky - synopsis