Film

Clinch

1979 · 1h 36m · Drama

IMDb

6.9

Although he spent a relatively short period of his life in Austria, Canadian-born John Cook (1935–2001) remained, in his own words, "Viennese by choice.” Having worked as a commercial photographer in Paris, Cook’s […] first “regular” production was Schwitzkasten, based on a novel by the leftist writer Helmut Zenker. Today, the film is considered one of the few undisputed masterpieces of the New Austrian Cinema: a freewheeling, tender, and strangely humorous portrait of working-class (and out-of-work) lives.

• John CookDirector · Writer
• Helmut ZenkerNovel
• Rudolf KlingohrProducer
• Helmut PirnatDirector of Photography
• Susanne SchettEditor

Release date

January 1, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama