France / May 14, 1986 / Cannes ("Quinzaine des réalisateurs")
"An allegory on the obsessive ousider and the banal roots of totalitarianism"
1h 38min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Josef "Schmutz" (german for "dirt"), a security guard obsessed with duty and cleanliness, is given the task of guarding a decommissioned industrial plant. While maintaining his devotion to the authority of property right, the self-proclaimed "Representative of Ownership" is himself slowly losing his sense of reality.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Schmutz |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Austria |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | MR TV-Film |
| Release date | 27 novembre 1986 |
| Executive producer | Walter Hirscher |
| Production | Klaus Jüptner, Paulus Manker, Kurt J. Mrkwicka |
| Writer | Paulus Manker, Franz Novotny, Michael Haneke |
| Editing | Marie Homolkova |
| Cinematography | Walter Kindler |
| Assistant directors | Brigitte Hirsch, Marta Lachova-Borchert, Paulus Manker |
| Lighting | Franz Endlicher |
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| Production design | Tommy Vögel |
| Art direction | Tommy Vögel |
| Set decoration | Tommy Vögel |
| Music | Boris Blank, Dieter Meier, Herbert Giesser, Walter Amann |
| Sound | Herbert Giesser, Walter Amann, Boris Blank, Dieter Meier |
| Costume design | Erika Navas, Edda Hackenberg |
| Makeup | Edda Hackenberg, Erika Navas |
| Hairstyling | Edda Hackenberg, Erika Navas |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Austria / Nov 27, 1986
Germany / Jul 14, 1987
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