Karl Wallner, the protagonist of this film, is a man aged about 50. At the age of 14 he stopped growing and didn’t get any taller than 4 foot 7. The film shows scenes from the life of a dwarf at home, at work, in his free time.
Ulrich Seidl (1952, Austria): ‘This is the first film I made at the Viennese film Academy. I wanted to make a film about a handicapped man who stayed small but without hypocritically feigning sympathy as usual in such a case. I wanted to show the handicapped man as an individual, laugh at him or think he’s boring just like anyone else. The film caused fierce debates and I was attacked, as I would often be later, as a Sozialpornographen.’
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Der Ball
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Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1980
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 16"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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