ViennaFilm 1896-1976

ViennaFilm 1896-1976 (1977)

Documentary

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

Director: Ernst Schmidt Jr.

Casts

	Friedrich Achleitner as Self
	Marc Adrian as Self
	H.C. Artmann as Self
	Helmut Benedict as Self
	Moucle Blackout as Self
	Joe Berger as Wiener
	Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
	Elfriede Datzig as Self
	Irina David as Self
	Engelbert Dollfuß as Self (archive footage)
	Emperor Franz Josef as Self (archive footage)
	Wolfgang Ernst as Self
	Valie Export as Self
	Padhi Frieberger as Self
	Sigmund Freud as Self (archive footage)
	Walter Funda as Self
	Alexander Girardi as Self (archive footage)
	Hermann Göring as Self (archive footage)
	Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
	Ernst Jandl as Self
	Günther Janicek as Self
	Bernd Klamer as Self
	Werner Kofler as Self
	Brenda Kronheim as Self
	Sheila Kronheim as Self
	Theodor Körner as Self (archive footage)
	Ernst Josef Lauscher as Self
	Auguste Lumière as Self (archive footage)
	Otto Muehl as Self
	Arnulf Rainer as Self
	Karl Renner as Self (archive footage)
	Kurt Schuschnigg as Self (archive footage)
	Peter Weibel as Self
	Louis Lumière as Self (archive footage)
	Friederike Mayröcker as Self
	Gerhard Rühm as Self

Crew