Synopsis:
Heldenkanzler is based on a true story. Vienna 1993 – Parliament: Many delegates are talking. A tiny man lifts himself up on the speaker’s desk. It is Engelbert Dollfuss. The other parliamentarians make fun of him loudly. A fight breaks out in the parliament. The tiny man escapes from the troubled parliament and flees into the next cinema. As he recognizes that even a small Austrian man rides highly successful on the wave of victory in Germany, he also decides to take power.
- Director:
- Benjamin Swiczinsky
- Year:
- 2011
- Running time:
- 13 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Cut-Out Animation, Mixed media, 3D Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Hanna Kaesemann
- Script writer:
- Benjamin Swiczinsky
- Music composer:
- Alexander Zlamal
- Editor:
- Benjamin Swiczinsky
- Production:
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Distribution:
- MAGNETFILM
- Genres:
- Drama, Comedy, Tragicomedy, Bio-pic, Experimental
- Audience:
- Adults
- Awards:
- DOK Leipzig / 2011 / Best German Animation Film, Content Award Vienna / 2011 / First Prize in the category Shorts, KFFK / 2011 / First Prize in the category Shorts, Chitrakatha '11 - International Student Animation Festival / 2011 / Jury Special Mention, Future Film Festival / 2012 / Future Film Short 2012 - Premio Provincia di Bologna, Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart / 2012 / Lotte Reiniger-Advancement Award, Festival der Nationen / 2013 / Best Austrian Film and Lenzing Award in Gold
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