Mutzenbacher (2022)
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.
Director: Ruth Beckermann
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Ruth Beckermann as Self (voice) |
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Alexander Diwiak as Self |
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Ben Schidla as Self |
| Directing | Ruth Beckermann | Director |
| Writing | Ruth Beckermann | Writer |
| Writing | Claus Philipp | Writer |
| Production | Ruth Beckermann | Producer |
| Production | Philipp Diettrich | Production Manager |
| Production | Rebecca Hirneise | Production Manager |
| Directing | Rebecca Hirneise | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Andreas Ladik | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Joseph Nikolussi | Sound Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Franz Brandstaetter | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | József Morvay | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Diana Esther Rebholz | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Editing | Kurt Hennrich | Color Grading |
| Editing | Eva Rammesmayer | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Johannes Hammel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dieter Pichler | Editor |
| Sound | Andreas Hamza | Sound |
