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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1977 - 30 July. 7 August

Sections & Films

JESUS VON OTTAKRING

Category: Edition 1977

Synopsis
This modern Passion story of an outsider is located in the "cozy" Viennese civic and wine tavern milieu of the Viennese suburb district Ottakring. The focus is on Ferdinand Novacek, a "poor devil" who came to Vienna as a refugee child in the "time after the great genocide in order to find a new home here". The plot begins in 1976 with a commemoration: the district politician (Peter Hey) and the bread factory owner (Emanuel Schmied) unveil in the presence of all residents in the courtyard of a Ottakringer residential building a plaque for Ferdinand Novacek, the "Jesus of Ottakring".

Original Title JESUS VON OTTAKRING
Italian Title GESÙ DI OTTAKRING
Category Official Competition
Festival Awards Special Prize (1977)
Section Official Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 95'
Production Year 1975
Nationality Austria
Directed by Wilhelm Pellert
Screenplay Helmut Korherr, Wilhelm Pellert
Main cast Rudolf Prack, Hilde Sochor, Peter Hey

 regista wilhelm pellertWILHELM PELLERT

Wilhelm Pellert is a writer and director, known for Jesus von Ottakring (1976) and Die ersten Tage (1971).