Wolff von Amerongen: Did he commit bankruptcy offences?
While his Knittelfeld – A Town without a History records history as a rush of events from an infamous life, Friedl´s first full-length film shows us global capital in its roars and ecstasies, its infamy and delinquency. Capital is global as an all-embracing relationship connecting places, individuals, objects, images and words, and at the same time a non-relationship, an "audiovisual gap" between the pedantic voice-over and what the camera pans past without reaction.
The history of West Germany, with Thyssen and Flick, with names of economic dynasties that sound fictitious, with foibles, dirty tricks and dubious business deals, is...
Orig. Title
Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte begangen?
Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte begangen?
Year
2004
2004
Countries
Germany, Austria
Germany, Austria
Duration
73 min
73 min