Jesus from Ottakring

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Movie
Original title Jesus from Ottakring
Country of production Austria
original language German , Viennese
Publishing year 1975
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK youth free
Rod
Director Wilhelm Pellert
script Helmut Korherr ,
Wilhelm Pellert
production Borobya group
music Wilhelm Pellert
camera Dieter Wittich
cut Hannes Zell
occupation

Jesus von Ottakring is an Austrian fiction film from 1975 by Wilhelm Pellert , based on the Viennese folk play of the same name by Helmut Korherr and Wilhelm Pellert. Rudolf Prack and Hilde Sochor can be seen in the main roles .

action

This modern passion story of an outsider is set in the “cozy” Viennese bourgeois and Heurigen milieu in the Vienna suburb of Ottakring. At the center of the action is Ferdinand Novacek, a “poor devil” who came to Vienna as a refugee child in the “time after the great genocide to find a new home here”. The action begins in 1976 with a commemoration: the district politician ( Peter Hey ) and the bread factory owner (Emanuel Schmied) unveil a plaque for Ferdinand Novacek, the "Jesus of Ottakring", in the presence of all residents in the courtyard of an Ottakring apartment building.

The work of Ferdinand Novacek up to his murder is shown in a flashback. The young man preaches tolerance, stands up for justice and peace and offends the long-established population, the police and district politics with his critical statements. Because of his long hair, he was soon nicknamed “Jesus von Ottakring”. He gathers a group of young people around him, talks to them about their problems and discusses with workers about their work in the bread factory, which makes him suspect as a “left-wing radical”. He also works for the “Tschuschen”, the guest workers. Incited by the district politician and the bread factory owner, whose son (Harald Pfeiffer) has joined the "Jesus Gang", angry residents discover him in the laundry room of their farm. Led by major a. D. (Rudolf Prack) and his daughter (Hilde Sochor) storm into the laundry room and kill the “Tschuschenfreund”. Soon afterwards the murdered man becomes the idol of his murderers.

A special trick of the film is that the Jesus von Ottakring does not appear, although all the plot and the development of the characters are related to him.

Soundtrack

In 1976 a long-playing record was released with the film music and the songs (text and music by Wilhelm Pellert) sung by Herwig Seeböck . The arrangement comes from the cabaret artist and musician Hans Peter Heinzl , who also has a brief appearance as a Heurig singer in the film.

Reviews

“In the manner of an underground musical, Wilhelm Pellert describes the story of suffering of an outsider who is labeled an enemy of society, persecuted and finally beaten to death by his environment; The protagonists of the film are not seen once (a trick of the film). The film may not bring new insights into the scourging of a reactionary petty bourgeoisie, but it has found an original form for its story; Type and milieu drawings are of veristic accuracy. "

“The viewer never gets to see the actual main character, rather he experiences the incitement and agitation against the outsider solely from the reactions and behavior of his captors, from the accompanying commentary and from some excellent, very reliably used songs. The film… surprises with its idiosyncratic narrative style, with a captivating security in the use of the cinematic means and the directness of its message.

“The extended commission did not deny its sympathy for the young team's project and almost unanimously rated the first film by director Wilhelm Pellert as 'valuable'… The lack of perfection in the film as a well-rounded work of art is largely offset by the provocation for reflection… In There is a lot of skill in the psychological presentation of the present. "

“A folk piece in the best ... sense, with snappy, didactic songs, a great feeling for reality, an unrestrained joy in the theatrical and Rudolf Prack in his last role, as a leisurely racist. One of the core works of the seventies. "

Awards

  • Theodor Körner Prize for Literature (Screenplay) 1973
  • Prize of the Vienna Art Fund for Film 1976
  • Official Austrian competition entry at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Karlsbad) 1976
  • "Honorable Mention" by the Ecumenical Jury of the Locarno International Film Festival 1976
  • Silver medal at the Avellino Realistic Film Festival in 1976
  • Special award for the best first work at the Giffoni Valle Piana Children's and Youth Film Festival, Salerno 1977
  • Austrian Promotion Prize for Film Art from the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts 1979

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ulrich Gregor : History of the film after 1960. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich, 1978, pp. 243–244
  2. ↑ Urs Jaeggi : film review. In: ZOOM film consultant. No. 17, September 1, 1976, Bern, pp. 11-12
  3. ↑ Film rating commission of the Austrian federal states. February 25, 1976, Vienna.
  4. ↑ Olaf Möller: In: Catalog to “The discarded avant-garde. Fragments of an Austrian film history of the 1970s ”. Filmarchiv Austria, 03/2007, Vienna.