Graz – Austria
Graz, Austria
The Spirit of Time
A genre cross-over mixing action, horror and science fiction in the past, present and future.
- Year
- 1985
- Type
- Film
- Screenings
- 6
A 1983-1985, Super-8-mm
Length: 112 min.
A genre cross-over mixing action, horror and science fiction in the past, present and future. Virgil Widrich completed this full-length film at the age of 17.
“Two hours of cinematic fireworks.” (Horst Christoph, Profil)
Events.
8
events total
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March 26, 199326.03.1993
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December 22, 199122.12.1991Salzburg – Austria
Salzburg, Austria -
April 28, 198728.04.1987Das Kino – Salzburg – Austria
Salzburg, Austria -
December 11, 198511.12.1985At age 18, his first public speech (on “Vom Geist der Zeit” at the invitation of the Academy of Design in Linz). – Linz – Austria
Linz, Austria -
October 16, 198516.10.1985“Vom Geist der Zeit” is screened at the Austrian Film Days in Wels. The film consists of over 1.000 shots, some of which – Wels – Austria
Wels, Austria -
April 21, 198521.04.1985Salzburg – Austria
Salzburg, Austria -
January 1, 198401.01.1984Work as an extra and then property man for the Salzburg Festival for productions by Jean-Pierre Ponelle, Michael Hampe, Gernot Friedel, Johannes Schaaf and Herbert von Karajan to raise the Schilling 70,000 (today about Euro 5.000) budget for “Vom Geist der Zeit.”
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January 1, 198301.01.1983After lengthy preparations, work begins on his first full-length feature film, “Vom Geist der Zeit.” (“The Spirit of Time”) While his grades drop, a 14-month shooting produces a 112-minute genre cross-over mixing action, horror and science fiction in the past, present and future. Peter Handke plays a guest role as an excited passer-by and lay actors from his school play the other parts. The living room in his parents’ house is closed for a period of almost two years due to filming.