Prater
6.7
Vienna’s Prater is an amusement park and a desire machine. No mechanical invention, no novel idea or sensational innovation could escape incorporation into the Prater. The diverse story-telling in Ulrike Ottinger’s film “Prater” transforms this place of sensations into a modern cinema of attractions. The Prater’s history from the beginning to the present is told by its protagonists and those who have documented it, including contemporary cinematic images of the Prater, interviews with carnies, commentary by Austrians and visitors from abroad, film quotes, and photographic and written documentary materials. The meaning of the Prater, its status as a place of technological innovation, and its role as a cultural medium are reflected in texts by Elfriede Jelinek, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Kästner and Elias Canetti, as well as in music devoted to this amusement venue throughout the course of its history.
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Cast
12 people
Peter Fitz
Narrator
Known for
Werckmeister Harmonies
Au Revoir les Enfants
Veruschka von Lehndorff
Barbarella
Known for
Blow-Up
The Bride
Kurt Mayer
Elfriede Jelinek
Guest #1
Also in
The Excluded
Valie Export - Icon and Rebel
Ulrike Ottinger
Also in
Laocoon & Sons: The Story of the Transformation of Esmeralda del Rio
Madame X – An Absolute Ruler
Bettina Blickwede
Robert Kaldy-Karo
Magician
Elfriede Gerstl
self
Also in
Inn of 1000 Sins
Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
Ursula Storch
self
Werner Schwarz
self
Herbert J Wimmer
Guest #5
Herbert J. Wimmer
self
Ulrike Ottinger Director · Bettina Blickwede Editor
Worldwide gross $5.7K · First release February 10, 2007 · Produced in Germany, Austria
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,666
Production
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Production
Ulrike Oettinger Filmproduktion
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Germany · Austria
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · February 10, 2007
Digital
Germany · February 10, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
March 9, 2007 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
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