Schmutz (film)

1987 film

Schmutz

Directed by| Paulus Manker
Written by| Paulus Manker
Michael Haneke[1]
Franz Novotny
Produced by| Kurt J. Mrkwicka
Starring| Fritz Schediwy
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Siggi Schwientek
Josefin Platt
Hanno Pöschl
Cinematography| Walter Kindler
Edited by| Maria Homolkova
Music by| Yello
Distributed by| Manfred Salzgeber, Berlin

Release date

* May 1985 (1985-05)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Country| Austria
Language| German

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).

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

## Cast

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* Fritz Schediwy as Joseph Schmutz
* Hans-Michael Rehberg as Oberkontrollor
* Siggi Schwientek as Fux
* Josefin Platt
* Mareile Geisler
* Axel Böhmert
* Günter Bothur
* Constanzia Hochle
* Hanno Pöschl

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Schmutz at IMDb

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