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Of Special Merit (1968)

ALL 02/17/1968 (de) 11 Min
  • Release
    02/17/1968
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    36%
  • Original title
    Besonders wertvoll
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

An attack on a piece of reactionary German legislation discriminating against young film directors. The film features a head-on, close-up shot of a penis ‘mouthing’ the parliamentary defense of the law by its author. A landmark in political pamphleteering, the film was selected for the 1968 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival by a committee of leading German critics and promptly banned by the city government, causing the withdrawal of almost all German directors from the festival and a national scandal. The title satirically refers to the official certificate of ‘Particularly Valuable’ given each year to the best film shorts by an Establishment selection.

  1. Hellmuth Costard

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Of Special Merit (1968) 11 Min

ALL 02/17/1968 (de)
  • Release 02/17/1968
  • Production
  • Original title Besonders wertvoll
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

An attack on a piece of reactionary German legislation discriminating against young film directors. The film features a head-on, close-up shot of a penis ‘mouthing’ the parliamentary defense of the law by its author. A landmark in political pamphleteering, the film was selected for the 1968 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival by a committee of leading German critics and promptly banned by the city government, causing the withdrawal of almost all German directors from the festival and a national scandal. The title satirically refers to the official certificate of ‘Particularly Valuable’ given each year to the best film shorts by an Establishment selection.

  1. Hellmuth Costard

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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