Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Jelinek, who in 2004 became the first Austrian author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on her artistic approach to language. The montage of archive material with voiceovers and interviews, some of them recently recorded, is told from Jelinek’s point of view.
Claudia Müller
Director, Writer
Elfriede Jelinek
Self
Sophie Rois
(voice)
Stefanie Reinsperger
(voice)
Sandra Hüller
(voice)
Martin Wuttke
(voice)
Maren Kroymann
(voice)
Ilse Ritter
(voice)
McQueen74%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Directed by John Ford70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Public Speaking70%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
The Class of ‘9271%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
180° South72%
Trainwreck: The Real Project X59%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Night Will Fall76%
The Crash69%
Love, Marilyn66%
Sherman's March67%
Sidney70%
My Mom Jayne80%
