2551.01

Between Chaplin's first feature-length film and Pfaffenbichler's very free re-creation of that work lies a whole century. The Kid, shot in 1920, is a tragicomic-moral tale of child abandonment and police violence. 2551.01 is all that, too - and nonetheless it is100 years removed from Chaplin's bittersweet patchwork comedy and all manner of cinematic history breaks and countless wars. "This no-budget, rag-tag proletariat neo-silent experimental horror film achiement by Norbert Pfaffenbichler is a visually stunning work which can scarcely be put into words. The greatest sensory delight of this film, however, is its sheerly incomprehensible sets." (Critic)

Keywords

  • Austrian Films
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • dark
  • dystopia
  • film about film
  • scary
  • silent movie
  • sixpackfilm
  • the edge

Actors

  • David Ionescu
  • Stefan Erber

Director

  • Norbert Pfaffenbichler

Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantaisie


1h 5min


16+

EN

Austria
2021
Re-interpretation of Chaplin's The Kid. Set in a claustrophobic world, it transports the classic tale into a dystopian, grotesque masquerade ball.

Re-interpretation of Chaplin's The Kid. Set in a claustrophobic world, it transports the classic tale into a dystopian, grotesque masquerade ball.


Between Chaplin's first feature-length film and Pfaffenbichler's very free re-creation of that work lies a whole century. The Kid, shot in 1920, is a tragicomic-moral tale of child abandonment and police violence.


2551.01 is all that, too - and nonetheless it is100 years removed from Chaplin's bittersweet patchwork comedy and all manner of cinematic history breaks and countless wars.


"This no-budget, rag-tag proletariat neo-silent experimental horror film achiement by Norbert Pfaffenbichler is a visually stunning work which can scarcely be put into words. The greatest sensory delight of this film, however, is its sheerly incomprehensible sets." (Critic)

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