Mutzenbacher
An audition for men aged between 16 and 99. There are no props nor make-up, just pure improvisation. All that is required is the willingness to engage openly with the topic and language of the words on the page. No small challenge, since the text in question is the scandalous novel published anonymously in 1906 “Josefine Mutzenbacher, or the Life Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself” which, as this film confirms, continues to be the subject of passionate and controversial discussions about desire, even today. What might be world-class pornographic literature for some is seen by others as an abusive depiction of child sexuality.
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Ruth Beckermann Director · Claus Philipp Writer Johannes Hammel Cinematographer
United States release February 16, 2023 · Produced in Austria · Working title Plädoyers für die unsinnige Liebe
Production
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion
Production
Austria
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Plädoyers für die unsinnige Liebe
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 17, 2022
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Austria · November 4, 2022
Theatrical
United States · February 16, 2023
Digital
United States
October 2, 2022 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Argentina
April 27, 2022 · Premiere · BAFICI - Buenos Aires Film Festival
Austria
October 22, 2022 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
March 24, 2023 · Premiere · Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film
Canada
October 13, 2022 · Premiere · Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Denmark
March 25, 2022 · Premiere · CPH DOX
Finland
February 2, 2023 · Premiere · DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
France
March 13, 2022 · Premiere · Cinéma du Réel
October 23, 2023 · TV · ARTE
Germany
November 16, 2022 · Premiere · Kasseler Dokfest
February 16, 2023 · Digital
October 23, 2023 · TV
Greece
March 10, 2022 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
August 20, 2022 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Kosovo
August 8, 2022 · Premiere · Dokufest
Netherlands
November 10, 2022 · Premiere · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Peru
June 16, 2022 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 8, 2022 · Premiere · Doclisboa
Serbia
May 17, 2022 · Premiere · Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival
South Korea
September 23, 2022 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Switzerland
April 10, 2022 · Premiere · Visions du Réel Film Festival
Thailand
December 3, 2022 · Premiere · World Film Festival Bangkok
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