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Nov 10, 1981 · Kopfstand: Directed by Ernst Josef Lauscher. With Christoph Waltz, Ingrid Burkhard, Elisabeth Epp, Pavel Landovský. Christoph Waltz plays the role of Markus Dorn, a young man clearly unhappy in his home life.
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- Drama
- Ernst Josef Lauscher
- 1981-11-10
Summaries. Christoph Waltz plays the role of Markus Dorn, a young man clearly unhappy in his home life. His mother has a boyfriend he does not like, and she has chosen her paramour over her son's happiness.
Sep 16, 2022 · Kopfstand (1981) by. Ernst Josef Lauscher. Publication date. 1981. Topics. Kopfstand, Cinema, English subtitles, Eng sub, Austrian cinematography, Austrian film, Cinema of Austria, Kopfstand, Ernst Josef Lauscher, Christoph Waltz, Ingrid Burkhard, Elisabeth Epp, Karl Ratzer, drama. Language. German.
- 102 min
102 min. V'17. An early film starring Christoph Waltz in his big-screen debut, a bleak indictment of psychiatric treatments and the nightmare of asylums, a story of fatherless children loosing their path and being punished for the wrong crime (or that of their parents, anyway).
DIRECTOR. Ernst Josef Lauscher. A youth, Markus Dorn, hits his mother after she has unjustly accused him of being a drug user. At the police station, he reacts violently to the way he's being questioned and is sent to a mental institution. After two attempts to escape have failed, medicla and electric shock treatment have almost made him passive.
Kopfstand plot. Markus Dorn is a young man who is unhappy with his situation. His mother has a boyfriend he doesn't like and she doesn't seem to care. When Markus comes home late one night, he collides with his mother. As a result, he ends up in a mental institution. But Markus is perfectly healthy.
Synopsis. Christoph Waltz plays the role of Markus Dorn, a young man clearly unhappy in his home life. His mother has a boyfriend he does not like, and she has chosen her paramour over her son's...
