Schmutz is a 1985 Austrian drama film directed by Paulus Manker. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Golden Prize. It won C.S.T. Award at Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival (1986) and Best Director and Special Recommendation for the soundtrack at Ghent International Film Festival (1986).
| Schmutz | |
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| Directed by | Paulus Manker |
| Written by | Paulus Manker Michael Haneke[1] Franz Novotny |
| Produced by | Kurt J. Mrkwicka |
| Starring | Fritz Schediwy Hans-Michael Rehberg Siggi Schwientek Josefin Platt Hanno Pöschl |
| Cinematography | Walter Kindler |
| Edited by | Maria Homolkova |
| Music by | Yello |
| Distributed by | Manfred Salzgeber, Berlin |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
Josef Schmutz is a custodian clerk guarding an abandoned industrial plant. The film is an allegory on the obsessive outsider and the banal roots of totalitarianism.
Cast
edit- Fritz Schediwy as Joseph Schmutz
- Hans-Michael Rehberg as Oberkontrollor
- Siggi Schwientek as Fux
- Josefin Platt
- Mareile Geisler
- Axel Böhmert
- Günter Bothur
- Constanzia Hochle
- Hanno Pöschl
References
edit- ^ "Schmutz". filmportal. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ "15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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