Schmutz (film)

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Schmutz
Directed by Paulus Manker
Written byPaulus Manker
Michael Haneke [1]
Franz Novotny
Produced byKurt J. Mrkwicka
Starring Fritz Schediwy
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Siggi Schwientek
Josefin Platt
Hanno Pöschl
CinematographyWalter Kindler
Edited byMaria Homolkova
Music by Yello
Distributed byManfred Salzgeber, Berlin
Release date
  • May 1985 (1985-05)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

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).

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Josef Schmutz is a custodian clerk given the task of guarding an outdated industrial plant. The film is an allegory on the obsessive outsider and the banal roots of totalitarianism.

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References

  1. "Schmutz". filmportal. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. "15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.