The protagonist, Franz, copies the paintings of old masters. He slowly loses his sense of reality, resulting in angst-ridden fantasies and a desire for self-destruction. Franz has an uphill battle with the loss of values and spread of capitalism around him. He rejects advertising to the point of destroying its manifestations.
Director: Michael Kreihsl
Ulrich Tukur
Franz
Julia Kravitz
Mathilde (as Julia Filimonow)
Nikolaus Paryla
Copyist
Johannes Silberschneider
Museum guard
Sophia Gorgi
Alexandra
Justus Neumann
Ulrich
Claudia Martini
Ex-wife
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Claudia
1975