Underplayed Gems

Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)

Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl poster
Directed by
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Genre
cyberpunk, fantasy film, science fiction film, comedy television program, dystopian film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Austrian comedy that blends cyberpunk, fantasy, and dystopian sci-fi. It follows characters in a strange, low-budget world mixing absurd humor with social commentary.

bizarresatiricalchaoticlow-budgetwhimsicaldarkly comicfuturisticcampy

What happens

Johannes Grenzfurthner (Austrian German: [joˈhanɛs ˈɡrɛntsfʊrtnɐ]; born 1975 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist who is the founder, conceiver and artistic director of monochrom, an art and theory group and film production company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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