"Monster in Salzburg", still, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", model trick photography, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", drawings by Virgil Widrich, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", models of the monster in two scales, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", Story Board by Virgil Widrich, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", drawings by Virgil Widrich, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", model trick photography, 1982

"Monster in Salzburg", Story Board by Virgil Widrich, 1982

Super-8 film box of "Monster in Salzburg", 1982

Monster in Salzburg

A 1982, Super-8-mm
Length: 12 min., 48 meters

A gigantic insect-like monster destroys the city of Salzburg. An oedipal drama.

Director: Virgil Widrich
Screenplay: Richard Weinkamer, Virgil Widrich
Cast: Libgart Schwarz, Hans Widrich
Gerheid Widrich, Ulrike Wirrer, Heidi Brüderl, Evelyn Strobel, Gregor Biack, Christian Giebisch, Romina Held, Eva Wagner, Eva Huber, Barbara Bernhard, Gusti Kupelwieser, Theresa Widrich, Mechtild Widrich, Virgil Widrich
Animation and special effects: Virgil Widrich
Photographic support: Gregor Biack
Distributor: Sixpack Film

Events, film screenings: 21

	11. November 2019 Metro Kinokulturhaus – Filmarchiv Austria – Vienna
	18. March 2019 Österreichisches Filmmuseum – in the studio with Virgil Widrich
	15. December 2016 University of the Arts Belgrade – Serbia
	22. October 2013 Österreichisches Filmmuseum – in the studio with Virgil Widrich
	10. April 2013 Österreichisches Filmmuseum – in the studio with Virgil Widrich
	05. April 2011 Österreichisches Filmmuseum – in the studio with Virgil Widrich
	12. January 2010 Österreichisches Filmmuseum – in the studio with Virgil Widrich
	20. November 2009 Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
	18. December 2008 Basel 08 – Clair-obscur Filmfestival
	02. December 2008 Österreichisches Filmmuseum – in the studio with Virgil Widrich
	07. March 2008 Lille 08 – Rencontres Audiovisuelles
	15. May 2007 VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts
	12. March 2004 – 14. March 2004 Trondheim 04 – Minimalen Short Film Festival
	17. October 2003 Hull International Short Film Festival
	19. September 2002 Wien – Künstlerhaus Kino – "Film special: Virgil Widrich"
	30. May 2002 Soho in Ottakring "Flüchtig daheim" – Haralds Bar, Grundsteingasse 15 – Vienna
	10. May 2002 Salzburg – Das Kino – Film evening Virgil Widrich
	20. April 2002 Innsbruck – Cinematograph – Retrospective Virgil Widrich
	11. April 2002 TV broadcasting: ORF/Kunststücke, in the series "Mega" from about 23:55. From the ORF-Announcement: "... At 13, he experimented with a Super-8 camera, at 15 he shoots his first film with real people and enrolls a star actor from the Berliner Schaubühne: Libgart Schwarz. The script is monumental, reads like a Japanese B-Movie and bears the title: "Monster in Salzburg". The giant is a 30-centimeter-long wooden doll with yarn hair and is brought to life by means of stop-motion. Widrich built entire streets as a model..."
	16. November 1996 Filmhauskino Wien – "Super-8 lives! Old and new masters of Super-8"
	12. November 1982 World premiere of "Monster in Salzburg" on 12.11.1982 at 18:00 hrs in his parents' house, Mönchsberg 17, 5020 Salzburg.
	30. October 1982 Completion of the sound for "Monster in Salzburg".
	01. January 1982 – 12. November 1982 Production of his first film with real actors at age 15. Libgart Schwarz, star of the Berliner Schaubühne, plays a role in a Godzilla-inspired science-fiction film entitled "Monster in Salzburg." Models are built of a number of Salzburg's streets for this work. The monster is a 30-cm wooden doll with yarn hair, which is brought to life by means of stop-motion. His study of film theory begins this year with the purchase of numerous relevant books and the analysis of screenplays.