Malina (1991)

Director:

Werner Schroeter

Writers:

Elfriede Jelinek, Ingeborg Bachmann (novel),

Stars:

Isabelle Huppert, Lisa Kreuzer, Mathieu Carrière

6 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Isabelle Huppert	...	Die Frau
Lisa Kreuzer	...	Die Frau (voice)
Mathieu Carrière	...	Malina
Can Togay	...	Ivan
Fritz Schediwy	...	Vater
Isolde Barth	...	Mutter
Libgart Schwarz	...	Fräulein Jellinek
Elisabeth Krejcir	...	Lina
Peter Kern	...	Bulgare
Jenny Drivala	...	Opernsängerin
Wiebke Frost	...	Schwester der Frau
Lolita Chammah	...	Kind
David Philipp Kotai	...	Ivans Kind Bela
David Salomonowitz	...	Ivans Kind Andras
Andre Mueller	...	Herr Mühlbauer

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | bare breasts | breasts | based on novel | character name in title

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

Germany Austria

Language:

French German

Release Date:

17 January 1991 (Germany)

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kuchenreuther Filmproduktion GmbH, Neue Studio Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Mondo Lux - Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter (2011)

User Reviews

Adrift in Consciousness

Malina is incredibly complex drama on the nature of insanity and to watch it, especially in the beginning, is quite a labour. A woman believes that she is a writer and all her men are fruits of her ill consciousness or personages of her unwritten book or alter egos of her split imagination. And episode after episode her consciousness keeps deteriorating more and more but the end breaks everything once again so all that was happening comes up in absolutely different light and changes its meaning. Malina is an anagram of 'animal' and it isn't accidental but symbolic to the entire surrealistic content of the film. Malina is unique and utterly fabulous movie having many layers of narration and visualization.