
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
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This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. Individual, self-contained sections of the film gain new meaning within the context of historical material. Familiar sites appear estranged when edited together with historical scenes. Other scenes appear like a persiflage or satirical. The film does not incorporate any commentary whatsoever. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer
Cast

Friedrich Achleitner
Self

Marc Adrian
Self

H.C. Artmann
Self

Helmut Benedict
Self

Moucle Blackout
Self

Joe Berger
Wiener

Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)

Elfriede Datzig
Self

Irina David
Self

Engelbert Dollfuß
Self (archive footage)

Emperor Franz Josef
Self (archive footage)

Wolfgang Ernst
Self

Valie Export
Self

Padhi Frieberger
Self

Sigmund Freud
Self (archive footage)

Walter Funda
Self

Alexander Girardi
Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)

Ernst Jandl
Self

Günther Janicek
Self

Bernd Klamer
Self

Werner Kofler
Self

Brenda Kronheim
Self

Sheila Kronheim
Self

Theodor Körner
Self (archive footage)

Ernst Josef Lauscher
Self

Auguste Lumière
Self (archive footage)

Otto Muehl
Self

Arnulf Rainer
Self

Karl Renner
Self (archive footage)

Kurt Schuschnigg
Self (archive footage)

Peter Weibel
Self

Louis Lumière
Self (archive footage)

Friederike Mayröcker
Self
