Prater

Synopsis

Vienna’s Prater is an amusement park and a desire machine. No mechanical invention, no novel idea or sensational innovation could escape incorporation into the Prater. The diverse story-telling in Ulrike Ottinger’s film “Prater” transforms this place of sensations into a modern cinema of attractions. The Prater’s history from the beginning to the present is told by its protagonists and those who have documented it, including contemporary cinematic images of the Prater, interviews with carnies, commentary by Austrians and visitors from abroad, film quotes, and photographic and written documentary materials. The meaning of the Prater, its status as a place of technological innovation, and its role as a cultural medium are reflected in texts by Elfriede Jelinek, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Kästner and Elias Canetti, as well as in music devoted to this amusement venue throughout the course of its history.

Main Cast

Peter Fitz

Narrator

Age : 81 | Popularity : 9%

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Barbarella

Age : 84 | Popularity : 18%

Robert Kaldy-Karo

Magician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Elfriede Jelinek

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Elfriede Gerstl

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ursula Storch

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Werner Schwarz

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Herbert J. Wimmer

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Bettina Blickwede
Directing	Director	Ulrike Ottinger
Writing	Writer	Ulrike Ottinger
Crew	Cinematography	Ulrike Ottinger
Production	Co-Producer	Ulrike Ottinger
	Producer	Kurt Mayer
	Production Manager	Gerhard Hannak
Sound	Sound Mixer	Bernhard Maisch
	Sound	Klaus Kellermann
	Sound Designer	Veronika Hlawatsch
Department	Role	Name

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