Dog Days (2001 film)
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Ulrich Seidl |
| Written by | Ulrich Seidl Veronika Franz |
| Produced by | Philippe Bober Helmut Grasser |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Thaler Helmut Grasser |
| Edited by | Christof Schertenleib Andrea Wagner |
Release date | 3 September 2001 (Venice Film Festival) |
Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
Dog Days (
Plot
The film is set in Vienna during a week of unseasonably hot summer weather and has six interconnected narrative streams. An alarm systems engineer attempts to capture someone damaging cars, an old man interacts with various people including his housekeeper, a young man treats his girlfriend badly, a teacher has a date with her lover which goes wrong, a divorced couple are dealing with the death of their child and a mentally disturbed hitchhiker asks her drivers rude questions.
Cast
- The hitchhiker – Maria Hofstätter
- The old man – Erich Finsches
- The old man's housekeeper – Gerti Lehner
- The young woman – Franziska Weisz
- The young woman's boyfriend – Rene Wanko
- The ex-husband – Victor Rathbone
- The ex-husband's wife – Claudia Martini
- The teacher – Christine Jirku
- The lover – Viktor Hennemann
- The alarm systems engineer – Alfred Mrva
Production
Ulrich Seidl made the film over three years, recruiting most of the cast as non-professional actors. Alfred Mrva plays the role of an alarm systems engineer whilst being an alarm systems engineer in real life and Viktor Hennemann who plays a lover in the film runs a swingers club.[1]
Critical response
Accolades
The film premiered at and won the
References
- ^ a b Bradshaw, Peter (17 November 2001). "Dog Days review – fly-on-the-wall depiction of a horrible personal hell". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Dawson, Tom (2002). "BBC – Films – review – Dog Days (Hundstage)". BBC. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (1 October 2001). "Dog Days (Hundstage)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Film of the Month: Dog Days (2001)". BFI. 2001. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "3rd International Film Festival Bratislava". FIPRESCI. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Konteas, Ilias (2003). "Acting for Austria". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
External links
- Dog Days at the Internet Movie Database
- Dog Days at Rotten Tomatoes
- Dog Days at AllMovie