Drama · Austria · 1976 · 1h 37m

Jesus of Ottakring

Jesus von Ottakring

Director

Cast

Rudolf Prack as Major a. D. Hilde Sochor as Frau Anger Stephan Paryla-Raky as Polizist Peter Hey as Leprecht Marianne Gerzner as Frau Blockner Emanuel Schmied as Fellner

Crew

Dieter Wittich — Director of Photography Wilhelm Pellert — Writer Helmut Korherr — Writer

Synopsis

In the year 1970 several Austrian newspapers reported of Viennese people beating a homeless person to death because they thought he had stolen 50 Schilling. This story was the foundation for the play JESUS VON OTTAKRING which Pellert brought to the big screen in his directorial debut. A parable about intolerance in society.

Key Collaborators

Wilhelm Pellert Director Dieter Wittich Director of Photography Wilhelm Pellert Writer Helmut Korherr Writer

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