18° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
European perspectives 15 x 15 (2000)

HIMMEL ODER HÖLLE

HEAVEN OR HELL
by Wolfgang Mürnberger
Country: Austria
Year: 1990
Duration: 75'


Early seventies in a small village in Burgenland, Austria: a ten year old boy is confronted with two of the most prevalent taboos: death and sexuality. The generally accepted forms of recourse offered by religion and society have fault-lines, do not work any more, and thus are being ignored, by-passed or misinterpreted. In addition to all the well-known playgrounds in the open air, the attic and the basement, this boy's world is composed of his father's movie theatre, the butcher shop and local pub run by his two uncles. If a Red Indian is shot dead, he just needs to count to a hundred to come alive again. This is the simple rule of the game - the dream of eternal life comes true. Life for a ten year old boy is yet another game, but what are its rules?

Biography

film director

Wolfgang Mürnberger

Wolfgang Mürnberger was born in 1960, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. He studied German and philosophy at the University of Vienna before he changed to studies of screenplay, direction and editing at the University of Music and Performing Arts. There he was also one of Axel Corti's students. Since 1990, Mürnberger has been working as an independent scriptwriter.

FILMOGRAFIA

Himmel oder Hölle (1990), Ich gelobe (1994), Auf Teufel komm raus (tv, 1995), Attwengerfilm (1996), Morde ohne Leichen (tv, 1997), Quintett komplett (tv, 1998).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura e montaggio: Wolfgang Mürnberger.
Director of photography: Fabian Eder.
Sound: Helmut Wimmer, Maria Schärf, Hannes Eder, Walter Christen.
Music: Robert Stiegler, Kurt Hintermayr.
Cast: Adi Mürnberger, Fabian Weidinger, Johannes Habeler, Lukas Habeler, Ines Ledwinka, Simon Schärf, Maria Mürnberger, Ernst Mürnberger, Hermine Mürnberger, Adolf Mürnberger sen, Irene Gausch, Anton Mürnberger, Josef Schwentner.
Production company: University of Music and Performing Arts, Department Film and Television, Vienna.
In Austria, il progetto 15x15 è stato sviluppato dal Film und Architektur Graz Hallerschlossstrasse, 21, A8010 Graz, tel. +43-31-6356155, e-mail art.image@thing.at
Il film è stato scelto da Michael Haneke.
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