Hundertwasser's Rainy Day

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Hundertwasser's Rainy Day
Directed by Peter Schamoni
Produced byPeter Schamoni
Starring Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Production
companies
Peter Schamoni Filmproduktion
Argos Films
Distributed byPeter Schamoni Filmproduktion
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
43 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Hundertwasser's Rainy Day (German : Hundertwassers Regentag) is a 1972 West German short documentary film about artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser rebuilding an old wooden ship called Regentag (Rainy Day). Directed by Peter Schamoni, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [1] [2] [3]

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