Malina
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Werner Schroeter
Isabelle Huppert
Mathieu Carriere
Can Togay
Fritz Schediwy
Isolde Barth
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in Vienna, film charts a female writer's passage to self-destruction as she is torn between two lovers, one of whom is her husband.
Director
Werner Schroeter
Cast
Isabelle Huppert
Mathieu Carriere
Can Togay
Fritz Schediwy
Isolde Barth
Peter Kern
Crew
Ingeborg Bachmann
Alberte Barsacq
Alberte Barsacq
Dana Cebulla
Gerhard Czepe
Herta Hareiter
Elfriede Jelinek
Steffen Kuchenreuther
Thomas Kuchenreuther
Juliane Lorenz
Giacomo Manzoni
Elfi Mikesch
Patricia Moraz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States December 1991
Released in United States May 1991
Released in United States September 24, 1993
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1990
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 9-20, 1991.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1991.
Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) ("Recent Films From Germany") in New York City December 1991.
"Malina," the only novel completed by the notoriously self-destructive author Ingeborg Bachman, was the first part of a projected autobiographical trilogy. Her death in 1973 turned her into a feminist martyr comparable to Sylvia Plath.
Began shooting June 4, 1990.
Completed shooting August 9, 1990.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1991.)
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1990
Released in United States May 1991 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 9-20, 1991.)
Released in United States September 24, 1993 (Public Theater; New York City)
Released in United States December 1991 (Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) ("Recent Films From Germany") in New York City December 1991.)
