Records from the underworld
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Records from the underworld |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2020 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tizza Covi , Rainer Frimmel |
| script | Rainer Frimmel |
| production | Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel |
| music | Kurt Girk |
| camera | Rainer Frimmel |
| cut | Tizza Covi |
| occupation | |
Notes from the Underworld (English title Festival Notes from the Underworld ) is an Austrian documentary under the direction of Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel . The film premiered on February 23, 2020 the Berlin world premiere and ran there in the section Panorama documents .
action
The legendary Wienerlied singer Kurt Girk and Alois Schmutzer , known as the King of the Vienna Underworld , tell of their lives in the Vienna underworld in the 1960s. For this they were finally sentenced to long prison terms in a controversial process because of their connections to the illegal card game Shock .
In calm black and white pictures, the charismatic protagonists tell about this time from their personal perspective. The two of them sit at the table in inns and barren rooms and share memories of their childhood in the war years and the post-war period when they were notorious. Some former companions and opponents also contribute anecdotes . Image sources from the ORF archive and the private photo album show that this is not fiction . The audience sees an unofficial version of the city's history, told by its former heroes, without moral judgment or transfiguration: shootings, gambling debts and unbelievable conditions in prison and in the courtroom, conveyed as oral history , which encourages the audience to respect the fearlessness of the two protagonists. Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel initiate the narrative flow with a few precise questions. The film shows an excerpt from Austrian post-war history. He concentrates on the 1960s and fills a gap in terms of content.
production
The directors were Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel , who also created the concept for the film and who directed the camera. Alternatives for the title were shock and Die Wiener Unterwelt and what has never existed otherwise .
Kurt Girk interprets the music , Tizza Covi was responsible for the film editing .
The producers were Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, production was carried out by their own film company Vento Film. The film was shot on 30 days between April 2017 and October 2018 in Vienna. Was promoted records from the underworld from the Austrian Film Institute with 160,095 €, representing 55% of total production costs, Vienna Culture and the Office of Culture of the Province of Bolzano .
The film will celebrate its world premiere at the Berlinale in February 2020 and will be shown there in the Panorama Documents section .
Awards and nominations
At the Berlinale 2020, the film was nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Film Prize and received an honorable mention there. He was also a candidate for the Panorama Audience Award .
- Award in the category Best Cinema Documentary
- Award in the category of best film production
Web links
- Profile with a film clip at berlinale.de
- Notes from the Underworld in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Berlinale Panorama 2020: Crossing borders | filmportal.de. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Austrian Film Institute: Notes from the Underworld. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Notes from the Underworld | Notes from the Underworld. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Berlinale Documentary Film Award . Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Christoph Silber: ROMY Academy selects winners: androids, underworlders and drug dealers. In: Kurier.at . May 19, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 .