Reworked in 2024 and premiering at IFFR 2025, Was die Nacht spricht – eine Erzählung is a classic experiment in storytelling: several strands of stories that have nothing to do with each other are interwoven. These stories include; a dialogue in a fictional language, a discussion in dialect, and improvised scenes by patients of a psychiatric hospital. In the end, everybody has experienced a different tale. Featuring Nobel Prize for Literature laureata Elfriede Jelinek!
– Olaf Möller
Film details
Country of production
Austria
Year
2025
Festival edition
IFFR 2025
Length
60'
Medium/Format
DCP
Language
German
Premiere status
World premiere
Principal cast
Elfriede Jelinek, Christine Frankowicz, Walter Häuselmayer, Haymon Maria Buttinger
Director
Hans Scheugl
Producer
Hans Scheugl
Screenplay
Hans Scheugl
Cinematography
Tamas Uljaki
Editing
Hans Scheugl, Herbert Baumgartner
Sound design
Heinz Bretterbauer
Music
Hubert Sielecki
Sales / World rights holder
sixpackfilm
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