72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Mutzenbacher

Ruth Beckermann
Austria      100 m.
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For more than a hundred years, the novel, Josefine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, has been the subject of controversy for its lustful depiction of child and female sexuality. Though published anonymously, over the years the novel has been attributed to the Austrian writer, Felix Salten (author of Bambi), and despite being banned for a period has also been celebrated as a world-renowned work of Viennese literature. With an ad in a newspaper, Ruth Beckermann announces a casting call for a film based on the well-known pornographic novel: "Looking for men between the ages of 16 and 99".

Director
Ruth Beckermann (Austria)
Screenplay
Ruth Beckermann, Claus Philipp
Production
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion (Austria)
Ruth Beckermann
Photography
Johannes Hammel
Edition
Dieter Pichler
Music
Valie Export, Ingrid / Monsti Wiener
Sound
Andreas Hamza
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
100 m.
Original language of the film
German
Country
Austria
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