Ein Tag aus dem Familienleben des Erzherzog Leopold Salvator (‘a day in the private life of Duke Leopold Salvator together with his family’), made in 1913, despite a very rudimentary direction for the time, is, all in all, enjoyable and pleasant, but also ironic and self-mocking in its simplicity and naivety. At the Viennale 2019, as part of the retrospective dedicated to Louise Kolm-Fleck.
Moments of Resistance by Jo Schmeiser stands for a colourful all-female collage, within which past and present meet, in a cyclical repetition of history that, unfortunately and despite the tenacity of certain activists, never seems to end. At the Viennale 2019.
A drama, Doctor Schäfer, that is not afraid to deal with controversial issues, expressing precise opinions and pointing the finger – as was often the case in the Fleck couple’s feature films – at a bigoted and selfish society, decidedly close-minded towards new perspectives. At the Viennale 2019, as part of the retrospective dedicated to Louise Kolm-Fleck.
Typen und Szenen aus dem Wiener Volksleben (‘characters and scenes from Viennese city life’) is one of the first films made in Austria. Despite its directorial naivety, it has a hybrid character, halfway between documentary film and fiction film. At the Viennale 2019, as part of the retrospective dedicated to Louise Kolm-Fleck.