Eddy Saller
Eddy Saller (born February 12, 1930 in Munich , † May 15, 2003 in Vienna ; actually Eduard Saller ) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter .
Life
Eddy Saller studied German and theater studies . He then worked as a camera assistant and assistant director for Franz Antel , Hans Deppe and Wolfgang Liebeneiner . His employers in Germany included DEFA and Bavaria Film . From the 1950s onwards, Saller made numerous industrial , documentary and cultural films , including cinema advertising films and educational films for the Austrian Ministry of Education .
With Scourge of the Flesh (1965) and Shameless (1968), Eddy Saller created two exploitation films as director and screenwriter that were panned by contemporary critics and rediscovered in the 1990s as exceptional phenomena in Austrian post-war cinema . From 1994 to 1997 Saller worked as a theater director at the Karl May Festival in Winzendorf . His grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Filmography
- 1965: Scourge of the flesh
- 1968: Shameless
- 1972: love through the car door
- 1978: Horny nieces
- 1979: Monique, my hot lap
literature
- –MAERZ– (Axel Estein): “Hypertrophic stink trabecula: sex and violence. Sex is violence. Is violence sex? - Eddy Saller's films in revival. ”In: Howl, No. 12, April 1992, Munich, pp. 47–48
- Michael Reutz: Sex and Crime in Austria. Production and reception history of Eddy Saller's Scourge of the Flesh and Shameless . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2009 ( online version ; PDF; 11.7 MB).
Web links
- Eddy Saller in the Internet Movie Database (English) (partly false information to filmography)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saller, Eddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saller, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2003 |
| Place of death | Vienna |