Friedrich Achleitner

This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. Individual, self-contained sections of the film gain new meaning within the context of historical material. Familiar sites appear estranged when edited together with historical scenes. Other scenes appear like a persiflage or satirical. The film does not incorporate any commentary whatsoever. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer

The film portrait of seven selected monuments by Bogdan Bogdanovic – from the memorial at the Jewish cemetery in the Serbian capital Belgrade to the “City of the Dead” in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the probably most famous monument in the former extermination camp in Jasenovac, Croatia – aims to present the previously inadequately documented architectural work of Bogdan Bogdanović to the European public.