Mutzenbacher (2022): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2022, Mutzenbacher is a dokumentarfilm film directed by Ruth Beckermann, running about 101 minutes.

What it’s about. An audition for men aged between 16 and 99. There are no props nor make-up, just pure improvisation. All that is required is the willingness to engage openly with the topic and language of the words on the page. No small challenge, since the text in question is the scandalous novel published anonymously in 1906 “Josefine Mutzenbacher, or the Life Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself” which, as this film confirms, continues to be the subject of passionate and controversial discussions about desire, even today. What might be world-class pornographic literature for some is seen by others as an abusive depiction of child sexuality.

Who’s in it. Mutzenbacher stars Ruth Beckermann as Self (voice), Alexander Diwiak as Self and Ben Schidla as Self.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.2/10, Mutzenbacher has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on DocAlliance Films and rent or buy it from DocAlliance Films. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mutzenbacher page.

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