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When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways artworks reflect and shape the world.
Credits
- Cast
- Mary Margaret O'Hara (Anne), Bobby Sommer (Johann), Ela Piplits (Gerda, visiting lecturer); Cinema Guild (film distributor); Cohen, Jem, screenwriter, film director, film producer, director of photography (editor of moving image work); Gabriele Kranzelbinder (film producer); Calamita, Paolo, film producer (translator); O'Hara, Mary Margaret, actor, composer (expression) (singer); Bobby Sommer (actor); Piplits, Ela, 1961- actor; Peter Röhsler (director of photography); Marc Vives (editor of moving image work); Jem Cohen (writer of supplemental textual content); Luc Sante (writer of supplemental textual content)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Container of (work): Amber City. | Container of (work): Anne Truitt, working. | Container of (work): Museum (Visiting the unknown man)
Original source: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012. | Extras: Rare short films by Jem Cohen: Amber City (48 min., 1999, 16 mm film) ; Anne Truitt, Working (13 min, 2009, 16mm film) ; Museum (Visiting the Unknown Man) (8 min., 1997, Super 8 film) ; alternate all English language version voice-over track (without subtitles) ; theatrical trailer ; festival trailer ; booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante ("Museum hours") and Jem Cohen ("Making the film; Notes, DVD extras, and tips of the hat"). | Accompanying booklet laid in container: contains essays, DVD extras and program note. | Cinematography, Jem Cohen, Peter Roehsler ; editing, Jem Cohen, Marc Vives ; sound, Bruno Pisek ; production manager, Paolo Calamita ; additional dialogue, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer ; translations, Paolo Calamita, Stefan Flach ; music: "Never, no" & "Dark, dear heart"), written and performed by Mary Margaret O'Hara; "Stop the projector" (instrumental version) written and performed by Liz Durrett.
Release: New York, NY : The Cinema Guild, [2013]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) | 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | NTSC | video file DVD video
Contents: Partial contents: Special features: Rare short films by Jem Cohen: Amber City (48 min., 1999, 16 mm film) ; Anne Truitt, Working (13 min, 2009, 16mm film) ; Museum (Visiting the Unknown Man) (8 min., 1997, Super 8 film) ; alternate all English language version voice-over track (without subtitles) ; theatrical trailer ; festival trailer.
Subjects: Museums -- Drama | German language materials | Museums | Vienna (Austria) -- Drama | Austria -- Vienna | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien -- Drama | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Country: Austria | United States
Language note: In German and some English or voice-over in English, with optional subtitles in English.
Awards: Official selection Toronto film festival -- Winner art cinema award Locarno film festival -- Official selection SXSW film festival.
Related works: Sante, Luc, writer of supplemental textual content. Museum hours.
Original source: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012. | Extras: Rare short films by Jem Cohen: Amber City (48 min., 1999, 16 mm film) ; Anne Truitt, Working (13 min, 2009, 16mm film) ; Museum (Visiting the Unknown Man) (8 min., 1997, Super 8 film) ; alternate all English language version voice-over track (without subtitles) ; theatrical trailer ; festival trailer ; booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante ("Museum hours") and Jem Cohen ("Making the film; Notes, DVD extras, and tips of the hat"). | Accompanying booklet laid in container: contains essays, DVD extras and program note. | Cinematography, Jem Cohen, Peter Roehsler ; editing, Jem Cohen, Marc Vives ; sound, Bruno Pisek ; production manager, Paolo Calamita ; additional dialogue, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer ; translations, Paolo Calamita, Stefan Flach ; music: "Never, no" & "Dark, dear heart"), written and performed by Mary Margaret O'Hara; "Stop the projector" (instrumental version) written and performed by Liz Durrett.
Release: New York, NY : The Cinema Guild, [2013]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) | 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | NTSC | video file DVD video
Contents: Partial contents: Special features: Rare short films by Jem Cohen: Amber City (48 min., 1999, 16 mm film) ; Anne Truitt, Working (13 min, 2009, 16mm film) ; Museum (Visiting the Unknown Man) (8 min., 1997, Super 8 film) ; alternate all English language version voice-over track (without subtitles) ; theatrical trailer ; festival trailer.
Subjects: Museums -- Drama | German language materials | Museums | Vienna (Austria) -- Drama | Austria -- Vienna | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien -- Drama | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Country: Austria | United States
Language note: In German and some English or voice-over in English, with optional subtitles in English.
Awards: Official selection Toronto film festival -- Winner art cinema award Locarno film festival -- Official selection SXSW film festival.
Related works: Sante, Luc, writer of supplemental textual content. Museum hours.
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:10