Schiele in Prison (1980)
- Directed by
- Mick Gold
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A dramatization of artist Egon Schiele's imprisonment in 1911. It examines his prison diary and questions its authenticity.
intimatecontemplativestarkhistorically groundedreflectiveausterevisually restrained
What happens
Schiele in Prison is a 1980 British independent film directed by Mick Gold and starring David Suchet as Gustav Klimt, Grant Cathro as Egon Schiele and Nicholas Selby as The Judge. The film dramatises the imprisonment of Schiele in Neulengbach in 1911, and looks at the authenticity of Schiele's prison diary, which was published after his death. The film was funded and produced by the Film Office of the Arts Council of Great Britain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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