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Charm's Incidents

1996 · 88 min

A playful, disjointed drift through odd vignettes, more like watching poetry performed than following a story.

Overview
Humourous interpretation of the poems and writings of Soviet dadaist Daniil Charms. These are organized into a sequence, suggesting a storyline, about a poor Russian poet who lives in Vienna, falls in love and has several bizarre adventures.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • madness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Michael Kreihsl
Written by
Michael Kreihsl
Starring
Johannes Silberschneider, Wolfgang Hübsch, Ela Piplits, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Ulrich Tukur, Roswitha Soukup, Justus Neumann, Karl Ferdinand Kratzl
Cinematography
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Runtime
88 min
Country
Austria
Languages
German

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