Jesus you know

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Movie
Original title Jesus you know
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2003
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Ulrich Seidl
script Ulrich Seidl.
Veronika Franz
production Martin Kraml
camera Wolfgang Thaler ,
Jerzy Palacz
cut Christoph Schertenleib,
Andrea Wagner
occupation
  • Elfriede Ahmad
  • Waltraude Bartel
  • Hans-Jürgen Eder
  • Angelika Weber
  • Thomas Grandegger

Jesus, you know is a documentary by Ulrich Seidl in which believing Christians entrust the Austrian director with their confessions and prayers. The film was awarded the Vienna Film Prize in 2003.

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Six people in Vienna's churches entrust their confessions and prayers to God director Ulrich Seidl in a personal conversation. They ask for strength to be given to them in solving partnership problems, in conflicts and differences of opinion with their children, and in dealing with physical and mental ailments. The most intimate things are also discussed.

These monologues, in which the prayers look straight into the camera, are only interrupted briefly: by choirs and a few rigid shots that show the protagonists doing everyday activities at home.

The film shows people's need for faith and religion. At the same time, however, it also becomes clear that religion alone cannot adequately satisfy the need for closeness.

Emergence

First of all, the very different ideas of Jesus of the believers should be addressed in the film . However, director Ulrich Seidl ultimately decided against this variant, as the film was not supposed to depict "a Jesus documentary" as such.

In an interview with Karin Schiefer from the Austrian Film Commission , Seidl stated that he was deliberately looking for “no religious extremists” but people from “normal church people ” for his film . He was particularly attracted by “the intimacy between God and man” , which is probably “the most intimate thing there is” . “It's a big secret and a big taboo,” said Seidl.

Award

In 2003, director Ulrich Seidl received the Vienna Film Prize for Jesus, you know .

Publication on DVD

The film appeared in the edition of Der Österreichische Film of the newspaper Der Standard (No. 210).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Huber: "Seidl-Film: Jesus, you know" in Die Presse April 3, 2004
  2. ↑ Bert Rebhandl “A country speaks out - Jesus, you know. Pious and critical of religion at the same time ”in“ Der Standard ”. Extract from the booklet for the DVD
  3. ↑ “Everybody his Jesus” - Interview by Karin Schiefer with Ulrich Seidl 2003 in the booklet on the DVD.