Jesus of Ottakring (1976)

8.0/10 • 97 min • Drama

Overview

In the year 1970 several Austrian newspapers reported of Viennese people beating a homeless person to death because they thought he had stolen 50 Schilling. This story was the foundation for the play JESUS VON OTTAKRING which Pellert brought to the big screen in his directorial debut. A parable about intolerance in society.

Cast

Rudolf Prack

Major a. D.

Hilde Sochor

Frau Anger

Recommendations

Paula
The German Lesson
Come Sunday
My Neighbor Adolf
Cardboard Boxer
Kisses
All Day and a Night
Salomé
Three Christs
Farming
The Young One
Resurrecting the Champ
Skin
Fatima
In the Aisles
Girl in the Box
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
The Pawnbroker
The Padre
Gigi & Nate