In person: Michael Haneke

Recording Date: (June 10, 2013)
Original Format: Digital Betacam

To mark the publication of the German edition of Michel Cieutat and Philippe Rouyer's Haneke par Haneke (2012), the Film Museum screened Academy Award winner Michael Haneke's (*1942) early made-for-television film, Lemminge: Arkadien (1979). In this extract from the subsequent Q&A, the Austrian filmmaker explains the function of the actor and the responsibility of the director to ensure that this function can be fulfilled successfully. (In German)

 

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