The Wet Coat (2023)

The Wet Coat (2023)
THE WET COAT - Anton Bruckner and the Boltzmann Constant

A, D, NOR 2023
Original language: English, French, Italian
Subtitles: if language French and Italian, then English subtitles
Length: 00.24.05

Director, Script, Producer: Peter Androsch
Music: Peter Androsch
Cinematography: Peter Androsch, Gigi Androsch, Lili Androsch, Christopher Dirnberger, Elisabeth Engelwirth
Editing: Peter Androsch, Claus Prellinger
Voices: Sotero Arizu, Mariana Davenport, Rick Hunley, Lena Kodré, Fatima El Kosht, Maria Kronsteiner, Marie Le Pezennec Gahleitner, Stephen Sokoloff

Plot: Anton Bruckner was Ludwig Boltzmann's piano teacher. Their affinity is reminiscent of Goethe's statement: "The soul of man is like water". Some astonishing witnesses talk about the relationship between the two: Olga Blumauer, Rilke's first girlfriend; Hedwig Boltzmann, Ludwig's younger sister; Maria Boltzmann, their mother; Luca Furlan investigated Boltzmann's suicide; Stefani Angelina (Germanotta) wears a quote from Rainer Maria Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet" in German as a tattoo; Bruce Lee advises "Be water, my friend. "; Eugénie Launois, mother of Henri Poincaré, reports on Anton Bruckner's guest performance in Nancy; Cormac McCarthy tells how the "Bruckner among epic poets"

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