Of Special Merit

  • West Germany Besonders Wertvoll
Short / Experimental
West Germany, 1968, 11 min

Directed by:

Hellmuth Costard

Screenplay:

Hellmuth Costard

Cinematography:

Hellmuth Costard

Cast:

Hellmuth Costard, Hans Toussaint (narrator)
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A radical political gesture criticizing the new law on film funding in Germany, which included a clause on "immorality" that shook the film community into a sharp debate about whether or not to adopt the film at the Oberhausen festival. The initiator of the law is represented by a talking penis and manifestations of political propagation or servility towards power are made ironic through masturbation between the projected images. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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