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Schmutz is a 1985 Austrian drama film directed by Paulus Manker. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Golden Prize. It won C.S.T. Award at Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival (1986) and Best Director and Special Recommendation for the soundtrack at Ghent International Film Festival (1986).

Schmutz
Directed by	Paulus Manker
Written by	Paulus Manker Michael Haneke[1] Franz Novotny
Produced by	Kurt J. Mrkwicka
Starring	Fritz Schediwy Hans-Michael Rehberg Siggi Schwientek Josefin Platt Hanno Pöschl
Cinematography	Walter Kindler
Edited by	Maria Homolkova
Music by	Yello
Distributed by	Manfred Salzgeber, Berlin
Release date	May 1985 (1985-05)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Josef Schmutz is a custodian clerk given the task of guarding an outdated industrial plant. The film is an allegory on the obsessive outsider and the banal roots of totalitarianism.

Cast

• Fritz Schediwy as Joseph Schmutz
• Hans-Michael Rehberg as Oberkontrollor
• Siggi Schwientek as Fux
• Josefin Platt
• Mareile Geisler
• Axel Böhmert
• Günter Bothur
• Constanzia Hochle
• Hanno Pöschl

References

External links

• Schmutz at IMDb

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