Directed by:
Claudia MüllerScreenplay:
Claudia MüllerCinematography:
Christine A. MaierComposer:
Eva JantschitschCast:
Elfriede Jelinek, Sophie Rois, Stefanie Reinsperger, Maren Kroymann, Sandra Hüller, Martin Wuttke, Ilse Ritter, King Carl XVI Gustaf (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Snow-capped mountain tops, picturesque villages, wholesome towns… this is the Austria we know from travel books and travelogues. And it’s the same Austria whose small-town morals have been taking a beating from the critical sting of writer and playwright Elfriede Jelinek since the 1960s. However, Müller's documentary-portrait doesn't rely solely on the tropes of a biopic about this (in)famous literary figure. Instead, the film searches for reasons why the author's assertion of past unfinished business enraged the people of Austria so much that they turned their backs on the provocative Nobel Prize winner. Personal confessions become political. A language experiment becomes a political tool. And history becomes a shadow that will forever hover over distraught Austrian citizens until they choose to confront it head-on. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Elfriede Jelinek
Austria
![Sophie Rois](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/727/158727219_0222ef.jpg)
Sophie Rois
Austria
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
A Hidden Life (2019)
![Stefanie Reinsperger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/097/164097531_26971b.jpg)
Stefanie Reinsperger
Austria
Best movies:
Maria Theresa (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Mademoiselle Paradis (2017)
![Maren Kroymann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/853/168853692_tu2jhx.jpg)
Maren Kroymann
West Germany
![Sandra Hüller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759734_mkrzh3.jpg)
Sandra Hüller
East Germany
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
25 km/h (2018)
![Martin Wuttke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/780/164780840_7ce0e5.jpg)
Martin Wuttke
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
No Place to Go (2000)
Ilse Ritter
German Empire
![King Carl XVI Gustaf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/051/158051406_d97c66.png)
King Carl XVI Gustaf (a.f.)
Sweden
Udo Jürgens (a.f.)
Austria
Best movies:
Das Traumschiff (1981) (series)
![Fidel Castro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156504_fcde2f.jpg)
Fidel Castro (a.f.)
Cuba
Best movies:
Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015) - a.f.
The Eichmann Show (2015) (TV movie) - a.f.
H.C. Artmann (a.f.)
Austria
![Marcel Reich-Ranicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343829_d3d9f0.jpg)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki (a.f.)
Poland
![Paula Wessely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276306_1fc3e6.jpg)
Paula Wessely (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Anders als du und ich (1957)
![Attila Hörbiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/732/160732538_bb6e23.jpg)
Attila Hörbiger (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Karl May (1974)
Kurt Waldheim (a.f.)
Austria
Best movies:
Underground (1995) - a.f.
Jörg Haider (a.f.)
Austria
Claus Peymann (a.f.)
German Empire