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Release Date:
June 16, 2022
Original Title:
Mutzenbacher
Alternate Titles:
Plädoyers für die unsinnige Liebe
好色情荼毒室
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion
Production Countries:
Austria
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 12 KR: 15
Runtime: 101
An audition for men aged between 16 and 99. There are no props nor make-up, just pure improvisation. All that is required is the willingness to engage openly with the topic and language of the words on the page. No small challenge, since the text in question is the scandalous novel published anonymously in 1906 “Josefine Mutzenbacher, or the Life Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself” which, as this film confirms, continues to be the subject of passionate and controversial discussions about desire, even today. What might be world-class pornographic literature for some is seen by others as an abusive depiction of child sexuality.
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Assistant Director:
Rebecca Hirneise
Assistant Editor:
Eva Rammesmayer
Color Grading:
Kurt Hennrich
Director:
Ruth Beckermann
Director of Photography:
Johannes Hammel
Editor:
Dieter Pichler
Producer:
Ruth Beckermann
Production Manager:
Philipp Diettrich
Rebecca Hirneise
Sound:
Andreas Hamza
Sound Assistant:
Andreas Ladik
Joseph Nikolussi
Visual Effects:
Franz Brandstaetter
József Morvay
Visual Effects Coordinator:
Diana Esther Rebholz
Writer:
Ruth Beckermann
Claus Philipp
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