Müller's office

Movie
Original title	Müller's office
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	1986
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Niki List Hans Selikovsky
script	Niki List
production	Veit Heiduschka ( Wega Film )
music	Freddy Gigele , Peter Janda , Lothar Scherpe , Ernie Seubert
camera	Hans Selikovsky
cut	Ingrid Koller
occupation
Christian Schmidt : Max Müller Andreas Vitásek : Larry Lipinsky Barbara Rudnik : Bettina Kant Sue Tauber : Miss Schick Maxi Sukopp : Maxi Gabi Hift : Mrs. Copain Jochen Brockmann : Kant I Stangl : Henry Ferdinand Stahl : Egon Bonnie Esau : Meier Geli Brechelmacher : Montana Niki List : Delgado Johnny Belinda: Maria Andreas Stoek : Mike

Müller's office is the title of an Austrian comedy film by Niki List from 1986 . The production, which is considered a cult film, is at the same time a thriller parody , music film and film noir .

action

Private detective Müller, who, as always, is troubled by money, is supposed to find a client's missing friend with his friend Larry. The tracks lead to the Viennese underworld, which is dominated by various gangster groups. Little by little, there are increasing indications that the client is not exactly what she seems to be, and that the person sought is in reality sought from all sides mainly because he has photos that show the top gang boss how he kills a prostitute.

Plot and characters are based on the stories of Dashiell Hammett ; Müller even pretends to be Sam Spade at one point, while Larry calls himself Miles Archer.

background

The film had its world premiere at the Berlinale in 1986. In Austria, where the film started soon after, the film ran for 64 weeks and reached 441,000 cinema-goers. The film, which was produced for 5.5 million schillings (around 775,000 euros today), brought in several times its cost. This makes it the third most popular film in Austria and the most popular in the entire German-speaking region between 1982 and 2009 (beginning of the cinema attendance statistics in Austria).

The film was last released as part of the DVD series “ Der Österreichische Film ”.

Songs (in chronological order)

• Brigitte Seuberth and Niki List "Müller's Office"
• Marty Brem : "Good afternoon beautiful woman"
• Vienna miracle : "Men-Women"
• Reinhard Theiser : "Joe - another one" (in the original by Hans Hartz )
• unknown : "For Margaretha"
• Sue Tauber : "Men are like marzipan"
• Marty Brem: "Bettina"
• Marty Brem: "Male friendship"
• Reinhard Theiser: "I'll get out"
• Viennese miracle: "Men are successful"
• Andreas Vitásek and Maxi Sukopp : "I want more"
• Wiener Wunder: "Blue Box Swing"
• Babsi Balou : "Moonlight"
• Barbara Rudnik : "He was like you"
• Sue Tauber: "Because I'm so sexy" (in the original by Trude Herr )
• Lothar Scherpe : "Big Hot Long Hip Shaker"
• Barbara Rudnik: "The Confession"
• Peter Gruber : "Look at yourself"
• Brigitte Seuberth "Ganoventango"
• Andreas Vitásek and Maxi Sukopp: "My friend Max"

continuation

In 2006, on the twentieth anniversary of the film, Niki List worked on a sequel called "2 old 2 die".

In 2007 the film was staged as a musical, to be seen in the Vienna Metropol. The book is by Niki List, who also directed.

Awards

• Austrian Film Prize 1986 (as the most popular domestic production of the season)
• The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

Web links

• Official website for the film, the musical, the sequel ( Memento from April 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Mueller's office in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Omasta: The canvas as a place of escape. WoZ - Die Wochenzeitung , No. 15, April 9, 2009, p. 14