Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container (2002): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2002, Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container is a documentary film directed by Paul Poet, running about 90 minutes. “Democracy the hard way!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of art terrorism ever committed. Austria 2000: Right after the FPÖ under Jörg Haider had become part of the government, the first time an extreme right wing party became state officials after WW2, infamous German shock director Christoph Schlingensief showed a very unique form of protest. Realising public xenophobia and the new hate politics in the most drastic ways possible, he installed a public concentration camp right in the middle of Vienna's touristic heart, right beside the picturesque opera where hundreds of tourists and locals pass by daily. And it was no concentration camp you had ever feared to return from the old times, but one that cynically reflected our new multimedia culture. Satirising reality TV shows, "Big Brother" especially, a dozen asylum seekers were surveilled by a multitude of cameras, could be fed and watched by.

Who’s in it. Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container stars Christoph Schlingensief as Himself, Matthias Lilienthal as Himself, Rainer Laux as Himself and Peter Sloterdijk as Himself, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container page.

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