Germany 2022Language:GermanSubtitles:EnglishDirector:Claudia MüllerWriter:Claudia MüllerCinematographer:Christine A. MaierEditor:Mechthild BarthMusic:Eva JantschitschSound:Johannes Schmelzer-ZiringerWith:Mit den Stimmen von Sandra Hüller, Sophie Rois, Stefanie Reinsperger, Ilse Ritter, Martin Wuttke, Maren KroymannProducer:Martina Haubrich, Claudia WohlgenanntProduction Company:CALA Filmproduktion, Plan CDistributor:farbfilm verleih96 min, Colour and B&W

"Child prodigy, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, feminist, fashion lover, communist, linguistic terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant artist." The "musical flow of voices and counter-voices" for which Elfriede Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004 becomes a visual montage flow that exhibits the work of the probably most controversial exceptional artist like a work of art. Based on the biography of Jelinek, who was born in 1946, the film is on the one hand a contemporary portrait of post-war Austrian history, while at the same time the literary settings become a projection surface for text collages from her works.

Photo: © Plan C
Photo Director: © Milena Schlösser

Director's Biography:Claudia Müller, *1964, is a German journalist and director. Since 2000 she has produced numerous portraits of artists for television. Among other things, she accompanied the work of the American artist Jenny Holzer for ten years from 1999 onwards.

Director's Filmography:
2021 HEIDI BUCHER – TRANSFORMATIONEN (TV DOC)
2020 THINK BIG! DIE KÜNSTLERIN KATHARINA GROSSE (TV DOC)
2019 KUNST IN DER WÜSTE (TV DOC)
2017 HELMUT LANG – MEISTER DER COOLNESS (TV DOC)