Mutzenbacher
101 mins
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.
Claus Philipp
Writer
József Morvay
Visual Effects
Eva Rammesmayer
Assistant Editor
Rebecca Hirneise
Production Manager
Diana Esther Rebholz
Visual Effects Coordinator
Joseph Nikolussi
Sound Assistant
Franz Brandstaetter
Visual Effects
Philipp Diettrich
Production Manager
Andreas Ladik
Sound Assistant
Kurt Hennrich
Color Grading
Rebecca Hirneise
Assistant Director
Andreas Hamza
Sound
Johannes Hammel
Director of Photography
Dieter Pichler
Editor