Mother's Mask (Mutters Maske) 35 years old
Wer schreit hat recht!
Mutters Maske aka Mother's Mask is a free adaptation of the film Opfergang (1944) aka The Great Sacrifice of Veit Harlan. Schlingensief exposes his source material's dangerous proximity to kitsch and camp by reducing the genre conventions known from Harlan, Sirk, Fassbinder & Co to the level of a daily soap: set within a noble family from the German Ruhr, Schlingensief's story revolving about Willy von Mühlenbeck's tragic love to terminally ill neighbor girl Äls (Susanne Bredehöft) and the inheritance intrigues by his evil brother Martin von Mühlenbeck (Helge Schneider) creaks with melodramatic devices and self-conscious dialogues. Rather than being a mere spoof, "Mother's Mask" is perhaps Schlingensief's purest black comedy.
Credits
Mother's Mask Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Udo Kier He was 44, now 79 years old | as Herr Seiler |
| Helge Schneider He was 33, now 68 years old | as Martin von Mühlenbeck |
| Susanne Bredehöft She was 31, now 66 years old | as Els |
| Charlie Weiss | as Reporter |
| Karl Friedrich Mews | as Willy von Mühlenbeck |
| Uli Hanisch He was 21, now 57 years old | |
| Kornelia Fechter | |
| Anna Fechter | as Schwester Anna |
| Sergej Gleithmann He was 11, now 24 years old | as Dr. Himmel |
| Conny Jurkait | |
| Mathias Colli | |
| Irmgard Freifau von Berswordt-Wallrabe | as Tante Martha |
| Anastasia Kudelka | |
| Doris Kreis | |
| Dieter Lersch | as Julien |
| Regina Stiplosak | |
| Brigitte Kausch | as Mutter |
| Andreas Kunze He was 36, 57 years old when he died | as Pastor Kippling |
Mother's Mask Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Helge Schneider as Original Music Composer. He was 33 (now 68) years old | Sound |
| Christoph Schlingensief as Director of Photography. He was 28 (49) years old when He died | Camera |
| Christoph Schlingensief as Director. He was 28 (49) years old when He died | Directing |
| Christoph Schlingensief as Editor. He was 28 (49) years old when He died | Editing |
| Christoph Schlingensief as Producer. He was 28 (49) years old when He died | Production |
| Christoph Schlingensief as Writer. He was 28 (49) years old when He died | Writing |
| Charlie Weiss as Original Music Composer. | Sound |
| Mathias Colli as Writer. | Writing |
Mother's Mask (35 years)
Wer schreit hat recht!
- Release day: Friday, October 28, 1988
- Runtime: 85 minutes
