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Obituary for a Murderer (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 110 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Michael Haneke
- Starring
- Josef Broukal
Set in autumn 1990, a young Austrian attends a friends’ party that erupts into a brutal massacre. Director Michael Haneke frames the violence as a commentary on everyday reality, constructing an experimental collage from a single day of ORF (Austrian TV) programming, allocating each clip in proportion to its original broadcast slot.
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