1993 · drama · tv · literary
The Rebellion
Directed by Michael Haneke1h 50m1993
The disabled ex-soldier Andreas Pum lost a leg for emperor and father land. After leaving the army he receives a license and a drehorgel. One day he gets into a controversy with a welldressed gentleman, disturbs the public order, and hits a policeman. Andreas Pum goes to jail, loses his license and becomes toilet guard in the Cafe Halali after his release. Only at the moment of death he recognizes that he was always too decent and too obedient.
Our read: The Rebellion (1993) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · tv · literary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / tv, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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