Jesus of Ottakring

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 8, 1976

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Austria

Production

Gruppe Borobya

Cast

Christian Prokopp,Oskar Willner,Rudolf Prack,Susanne Altschul,Franz Mössner,Stephan Paryla-Raky,Harald Pfeiffer,Hilde Sochor,Joe Trummer,Peter Heyand 3 more

Director

Wilhelm Pellert

Writer

Helmut Korherr,Wilhelm Pellert

Producer

Hannes Zell

Cinematography

Dieter Wittich

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0074713