Thut alles im Finstern eurem Herrn das Licht zu ersparen

Do Everything In The Dark In Order To Save Your Lord The Light

Germany, 1971
FILM, Fiction, 45 min.

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directed by
Daniel Schmid
Written by
Daniel Schmid
Status
In distribution

A documentary fiction about Europse's last training school for domestic staff. This film reminds one of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake - revealed and majestic. Each member of the audience sees a different story in it. It is labyrinthine cinema. A high-school full of mute expressions accompanied by a solitary voice speaking of revolution; an Italian palazzo where servants fuss about with a corpse; a woman speaking of her Mussolini past; a few hackneyed Elvis Presley songs are heard now and then above the talk - an amorphous story where nothing is shown and where the audience is offered no clue to help them understand.

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World Premiere
1971
Original Version
French, German,  colour, 16mm, 45 min.
Production
Iduna Film München, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Producer
directed by
Daniel Schmid
Written by
Daniel Schmid
Cinemato­graphy
Gérard Vandenberg
Editing
Ila von Hasperg
Location Sound Mix
Hartmut Kunz

Cast

Stella Longo
Jenny Caputer
Isabella Morellato
Igor Joszà

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Condor Films AG , Ladina Schmidt

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
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