Liebeskonzil (1982)

Directed by

Werner Schroeter

Genre

drama

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film dramatizes a blasphemous trial in heaven where God is accused of creating syphilis. It features a surreal and critical examination of religious authority and hypocrisy.

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What happens

Liebeskonzil is a 1982 film by Werner Schroeter, based on an 1894 play by Oskar Panizza. It was banned by the Austrian government in 1985, on the grounds that it insulted the Christian religion. In 1994, in the case of Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria, the European Court of Human Rights held by 6 votes to 3 that the banning of the film was a justifiable limitation on the freedom of expression, because the film would offend Austrian Roman Catholics. Panzizzi's original work had also led its author to face blasphemy charges in the nineteenth century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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