Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed

7.1 / 10

(4 votes)

Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Jelinek, who in 2004 became the first Austrian author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on her artistic approach to language. The montage of archive material with voiceovers and interviews, some of them recently recorded, is told from Jelinek’s point of view.

Country:

Austria,

Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

96 minutes

Year:

2022

Director:

Claudia Müller

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Company:

CALA Filmproduktion,

Plan C Filmproduktion,

BR,

ARTE,

ORF

Cast:
Elfriede Jelinek

Self

Sophie Rois

(voice)

Stefanie Reinsperger

(voice)

Sandra Hüller

(voice)

Martin Wuttke

(voice)

Crew:
Claudia Müller

Director

Claudia Müller

Writer

Mechthild Barth

Editor

Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer

Sound

Eva Jantschitsch

Music