Friday, 28.03.
14:30, Rechbauer

Was die Nacht spricht – eine Erzählung

Innovative Cinema, AT 2024, DCP, 60 min, OmeU

“All of the storylines culminate in the night, whereby night is more of a mental state than the time of day,” says Hans Scheugl about his modern classic from 1986, which can be seen here in a newly edited version. In his night story, Scheugl weaves together several narrative strands are only seemingly unrelated: two women discuss their crisis, workers in a pub, psychiatric patients portray their inner state. An essayistic montage experiment created in collaboration with Elfriede Jelinek.

Director: Hans Scheugl
Script: Hans Scheugl; Dialoge: Elfriede Jelinek, Hans Scheugl und Patienten des Psychiatrischen Krankenhauses Baumgartner Höhe
Cast: Elfriede Jelinek, Christine Frankowicz, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Walter Rohrhofer, Klaus Wittman, Walter Häuselmayer, Irmgard Sohm, Leopold Ziwotsky, Edith Nikendei, Elfriede Holzinger, Andreas Ribisch
Camera: Tamas Ujlaki
Editor: Herbert Baumgartner
Location Sound: Heinz Bretterbauer
Music: Hubert Sielecki, Felix-Quartett
Production Design: Perdita Chan, Helmut Rainer
Additional Credits:
Producers: Hans Scheugl
Production: Cinecoop Film Wien
World Sales: sixpackfilm
Distribution in Austria: sixpackfilm
World Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 1987 und 2025
Austrian Premiere: Votiv Kino 1987 und Diagonale 2025
Production format: analog - 16mm