SCREENING #25

SCREENING #25
Ulrike Ottinger: Ticket of No Return
7 PM CURATORS' GUIDED TOUR at the Kunstverein
8 PM FILM SCREENING at Kino um U

Ulrike Ottinger's film is a psychogram of two unusual, yet extremely different women: one, rich and eccentric, with a rigid, mask-like way of hiding her emotions, consciously drinks herself to death; the other, poor with fixed places and significant experience in getting tips, unconsciously drinks herself to death. With expertise, they comment on "social issues," "common sense," and "precise statistics," playing the role of goddesses of fate in a managed, technologized, standardized world shaped by mass media. The backdrop is Berlin, explored through a grotesque sightseeing tour (geography of drinkers) and supplemented with authentic contributions from people who live here or are visiting: rock singers, writers, artists, taxi drivers. (Text: Arsenal, Institute for Film and Video Art)

Ulrike Ottinger (*1942 in Konstanz) received the Honorary Award of the German Documentary Film Prize in 2024 for her lifetime achievements.

Germany, 1979 (107 minutes)
Language: German
Director, Screenplay, and Cinematography: Ulrike Ottinger
Cast: Tabea Blumenschein, Christine Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma, Orpha Termin, Monika von Cube, Günter Meisner, among others
Guest roles: Nina Hagen, Martin Kippenberger, Wolf Vostell, among others

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