Todespolka
Feature Film, AT 2010, Farbe, 81 min.
Diagonale 2011
Director: Michael Pfeifenberger
Script: Stephan Demmelbauer
Cast: Stefano Bernardin, David Wurawa, Alexander Pschill, Tamara Stern, Dieter Witting, Silvia Fenz u.a.
Camera: Marco Zwitter
Editor: Alexander Frohner
Location Sound: Günther Tuppinger
Music: Ulrich Drechsler, Manfred Holub, Michael J. Morgen u.a.
Production Design: Judith Saupper
Costumes: Zizi Lehner
Producers: Stephan Demmelbauer
Production: DemmelbauerFilm
After the far right’s seizure of power, a lot has changed in the much-lauded Alpine state. The old Schilling currency is back, and the EU is long passé. Law and order reign today, as well as “healthy” national pride and polka shows. People just want to feel comfortable again. And: “If you don’t do anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.” Todespolka draws an affirmatively exaggerated image of our political reality while consequently leaning towards pithy trash and tastelessness – hearty, looking to the future, but consequently tied to the past.