
2551.03 – The End
Innovative Cinema, AT 2024, DCP, 80 min, Kein DialogThe grandiose finale of Norbert Pfaffenbichler’s celebrated 2551 underground trilogy. After The Orgy of the Damned , in his quest, the masked, nameless ape-man traverses a post-apocalyptic universe populated by grotesque, garish, and disturbing creatures. Expressionist, silent-film aesthetics and industrial soundtrack merge to an audiovisual trip, which turns out to be the ultimate challenge. The end is near.
Director: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Script: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Cast: Manuela Deac, Stefan Erber, Ben Schidla
Camera: Martin Putz
Editor: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Music: Julia Witas, Johannes Wu
Sounddesign: Johannes Wu, Julia Witas
Production Design: Cindy Sageder, Pia Strau
Costumes: Uma Reiner
Producers: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
World Sales: sixpackfilm
Distribution in Austria: sixpackfilm
Funded by: BMKÖS – innovative film
Stadt Wien MA 7
Land Oberösterreich
World Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '25
Production format: digital
Script: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Cast: Manuela Deac, Stefan Erber, Ben Schidla
Camera: Martin Putz
Editor: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Music: Julia Witas, Johannes Wu
Sounddesign: Johannes Wu, Julia Witas
Production Design: Cindy Sageder, Pia Strau
Costumes: Uma Reiner
Producers: Norbert Pfaffenbichler
World Sales: sixpackfilm
Distribution in Austria: sixpackfilm
Funded by: BMKÖS – innovative film
Stadt Wien MA 7
Land Oberösterreich
World Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '25
Production format: digital