Muttertag (1993)

Director:

Harald Sicheritz

Writers:

Peter Berecz, Alfred Dorfer,

Stars:

Alfred Dorfer, Reinhard Nowak, Andrea Händler

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alfred Dorfer	...	Mischa Neugebauer / Polizist Gratzl
Reinhard Nowak	...	Edwin Neugebauer / Postler / Nachbarjunge 2
Andrea Händler	...	Trude Neugebauer / Postlerin / Jungscharbetreuerin
Eva Billisich	...	Evelyn Schöbinger / Kassiererin Haberl
Roland Düringer	...	Opa Neugebauer / spitzbärtiger Nachbar / Briefträger Zapletal / Nachbarjunge 1 / bewaffneter Drogeriemarkt-Kunde / Pfarrer
Karl Künstler	...	Herr Schwalbach
Silvia Fenz	...	Frau Habitzl
Beatrice Frey	...	Frau Klein (as Bea Frey)
Gudrun Tielsch	...	Verwirrte
Lukas Resetarits	...	Sandler
Willi Resetarits	...	Thief
I. Stangl	...	Sandler
Herwig Seeböck	...	Detective Uebleis (Icebear)
Monica Weinzettl	...	Gerti Gratzl / Friseuse
Walter Kordesch	...	Polizist

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

mother's day | murder | actor playing multiple roles | balcony | sex | 

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Taglines:

Die härtere Komödie

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Also Known As:

Mother's Day

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fernsehfilmproduktion Dr. Heinz Schneiderbauer

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Mama"
Lyrics by Bruno Cherubini and Bruno Balz
Music by Cesare A. Bixio
Performed by Barbara Spitz and Wiener Wunder

User Reviews

bleeding souls

I can think of only one other Austrian movie (or German, for that matter) that dives so deep into social deserts and black parts of the common human, and that is "Hundstage", which could easily be described as "social porn" and is equivalent to Todd Solondz' work, yet darker and more dire. In Muttertag, it's more satire, but with many more levels, and none of them pleasant. You live with a group of people from a lower social level, the Neugebauers in the center of this strange and wicked community, living in a notorious apartment estate in Vienna. Their part of town is satirically portrayed like one of the antechambers of hell - for Austrian standards - a socialistic community of concrete and locked doors, where everybody tries to seclude himself and his dark secrets from everyone else. No Walzer, no Mozart, no Viennese courtesy, no post-monarchistic postcard nostalgia and no hope. Everyday life seems to throw everything at the Neugebauers to bring them down, and everything unfolds right before Mother's Day, which provides a certain forced traditional background for this tour-de-force, like Christmas being a battlefield for family conflicts. And just like at Christmas the private tension induces riot-like scenes in the community, in the supermarket, at church, at the gas station and in school. Satirical portrait with some of the finest Austrian comedians and actors, that will offer a haunting, outlandish and desperate experience for non-Austrians and a mirror of the soul for the locals. Remember, people of Vienna, "another social layer" does not mean that these people aren't living nearby, and their issues apply to you as well, regardless of your social and educational background.