Austria, Switzerland, 1992
105m, 3025 metres
35mm film, colour, 1.66:1
mono, English
An Austrian/Swiss borderline horror film directed by Michael Haneke.
Plot Summary
Benny's obsession with violent videos spills over into real life when he murders a young girl and videos her death.
Credits
Crew
A film by Michael Haneke
Wega Film Wien/Bernard Lang AG Zürich © 1992
A Wega Filmproduktionsges.m.b.H and Bernard Lang AG co-production with support from Österreichischen Filmförderungsfond, Österreichischen Rundfunks (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen) and Weiner Filmförderungsfond (in partnership with Österreichischen Volksbanken AG) and Schweizerischen Departements des Inneren and Schweizer Fernsehens DRS
Producers: Veit Heiduschka, Bernard Lang
Script: Michael Haneke
Director of Photography: Christian Berger
Editor: Marie Homolkova
Sound and Mixing: Karl Schlifelner
Costumes: Erika Navas
Special Effects: Willi Neuner
Production Designer: Christoph Kanter
Cast
Arno Frisch (Benny)
Angela Winkler (mother)
Ulrich Mühe (father)
Ingrid Stassner (young girl)
Stephanie Brehme
Stefan Polasek
Christian Pundy
Max Berner
Hanspeter Müller
Shelley Kästner
Alternative Titles
Bennyn video – Finnish title
El vídeo de Benny – Spanish title
Links
Includes extracts from
Spitting Image (1984-1996)
The Toxic Avenger (1985)
References
Periodicals
- epd Film vol.10 no.6 (June 1993) p.31 – review (by Dietrich Kuhlbrodt)
- Première May 1993 p.20 – review (Alain Bouzy)
Newspapers
- Svenska Dagbladet 16 April 1993 – review (Tonårig psykopat mest effektsökeri by Hans Schiller)
