Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed (2022)
Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Jelinek, who in 2004 became the first Austrian author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on her artistic approach to language. The montage of archive material with voiceovers and interviews, some of them recently recorded, is told from Jelinek’s point of view.
Director: Claudia Müller
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Elfriede Jelinek as Self |
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Sophie Rois as (voice) |
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Stefanie Reinsperger as (voice) |
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Sandra Hüller as (voice) |
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Martin Wuttke as (voice) |
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Maren Kroymann as (voice) |
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Ilse Ritter as (voice) |
| Directing | Claudia Müller | Director |
| Writing | Claudia Müller | Writer |
| Editing | Mechthild Barth | Editor |
| Sound | Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer | Sound |
| Production | Martina Haubrich | Producer |
| Camera | Christine A. Maier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Eva Jantschitsch | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Claudia Wohlgenannt | Producer |