“"An allegory on the obsessive ousider and the banal roots of totalitarianism"”
Josef "Schmutz" (german for "dirt"), a security guard obsessed with duty and cleanliness, is given the task of guarding a decommissioned industrial plant. While maintaining his devotion to the authority of property right, the self-proclaimed "Representative of Ownership" is himself slowly losing his sense of reality.
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Cast
9 people
Fritz Schediwy
Joseph Schmutz
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Paulus Manker Director · Marie Homolkova Editor Tommy Vögel Production designer
First release May 14, 1986 · Produced in Austria · Original title Schmutz
Production
MR TV-Film
Production
Austria
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Languages
Original title
Schmutz
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
France · May 14, 1986
Premiere · Cannes ("Quinzaine des réalisateurs")
Austria · November 27, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
July 14, 1987 · Theatrical
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