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Overview

Although he spent a relatively short period of his life in Austria, Canadian-born John Cook (1935–2001) remained, in his own words, ""Viennese by choice.” Having worked as a commercial photographer in Paris, Cook’s […] first “regular” production was Schwitzkasten, based on a novel by the leftist writer Helmut Zenker. Today, the film is considered one of the few undisputed masterpieces of the New Austrian Cinema: a freewheeling, tender, and strangely humorous portrait of working-class (and out-of-work) lives.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1979

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Austria

Production

ebf-Film

Cast

Hermann Juranek,Werner Juranek,Waltraud Misak,Johanna Froidl,Franz Schuh,Josef Boselmann,Christa Schubert,Elisabeth Boselmann

Director

John Cook

Writer

John Cook,Helmut Zenker

Producer

Rudolf Klingohr

Cinematography

Helmut Pirnat

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0332380