Clinch (1979)
Although he spent a relatively short period of his life in Austria, Canadian-born John Cook (1935–2001) remained, in his own words, "Viennese by choice.” Having worked as a commercial photographer in Paris, Cook’s […] first “regular” production was Schwitzkasten, based on a novel by the leftist writer Helmut Zenker. Today, the film is considered one of the few undisputed masterpieces of the New Austrian Cinema: a freewheeling, tender, and strangely humorous portrait of working-class (and out-of-work) lives.
Director: John Cook
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Hermann Juranek as Hermann |
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Christa Schubert as Vera |
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Johanna Froidl as Frau Gretl |
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Franz Schuh as Ehrlich |
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Werner Juranek as Hermann's brother |
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Waltraud Misak as Rosi |
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Josef Boselmann as Hermann's father |
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Elisabeth Boselmann as Hermann's mother |
| Directing | John Cook | Director |
| Editing | Susanne Schett | Editor |
| Writing | Helmut Zenker | Novel |
| Production | Rudolf Klingohr | Producer |
| Writing | John Cook | Writer |
| Camera | Helmut Pirnat | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Herbert Koller | Sound |
