Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl

TV Movie
2014
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

1.4K

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Sophia Grabner and Lukas Tagwerker in Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)

Comedy Fantasy Horror Musical Sci-Fi

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Director
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
Writers
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Roland Gratzer
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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
Writers
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Roland Gratzer
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 4 nominations

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Trivia
The film contains a text insert similar to watermarks used in festival viewing copies: ''This viewing copy is provided for awards consideration only.'' The text insert asks the viewer to report the film as copyright infringement by calling a premium-rate phone number (1.09 EUR/minute). The film aired on Austrian national television in March 2014. Art group 'monochrom' claims they co-financed the film with proceeds from the premium-rate number. They call this new strategy 'crowdratting.'

Quotes
Fratt Aigner: My mother... she had an abortion. But I survived.

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Don't be evil...

Invigorating no-budget agitprop craziness by Austrian art-tech-maniacs "monochrom". Grenzfurthner and his merry band of discourse-pranksters are well-known for creating interesting little universes (like "Soviet Unterzoegersdorf") to make entertaining political and philosophical statements. "Die Gstettensaga", their first feature film, is taking classic post-apocalyptic tropes to tell a story of subculture and its inevitable corruption and decay. Is it an allegory for the Egyptian Revolution of 2011? Or for the demise of punk? Or for the impossibility of freedom of information? All of it, I assume, and more... and spiced with plenty of nerdy references that will make you squeal with delight.

Gstettensaga is a lot of fun -- and it will leave you with a refreshingly bitter aftertaste.