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0% | Jan 01, 1979 | Drama

Although he spent a relatively short period of his life in Austria, Canadian-born John Cook (1935–2001) remained, in his own words, "Viennese by choice.” Having worked as a commercial photographer in Paris, Cook’s […] first “regular” production was Schwitzkasten, based on a novel by the leftist writer Helmut Zenker. Today, the film is considered one of the few undisputed masterpieces of the New Austrian Cinema: a freewheeling, tender, and strangely humorous portrait of working-class (and out-of-work) lives.

Featured Crew

John Cook
Director
Susanne Schett
Editor

Cast

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Johanna Froidl
Frau Gretl
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Franz Schuh
Ehrlich
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Werner Juranek
Hermann's brother

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