Ulrike Ottinger – MRQE

Bildnis einer Trinkerin. Aller jamais retour

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A sartorially resplendent woman of few words arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of her days as a drunkard.

Paris Calligrammes

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ulrike Ottinger weaves her personal memories of Parisian bohemianism and the serious social, political and cultural upheavals of the time into a cinematic figure poem.

Unter Schnee

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Echigo in Japan the snow often lies several feet deep well into May covering landscape and villages. Over the centuries the inhabitants have organised their lives accordingly. In order to record their very distinctive forms of everyday life, their festivals and religious rituals Ulrike Ottinger journeyed to the mythical snow country accompanied by two Kabuki performers. Taking the parts of the students Takeo and Mako they follow in the footsteps of Bokushi Suzuki who in the mid-19th century wrote his remarkable book Snow Country Tales.

Prater

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ulrike Ottingers documentary Prater (Austria-Germany), a half-decade in the making, chronicles over the past century and more the attractions that contributed to the rise and fall of Prater, the worlds oldest amusement park.

Südostpassage

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Exil Shanghai

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Six life stories of German, Austrian and Russian Jews which intersect in exile in Shanghai.

Taiga

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Darkhad and Soyon Uriyanghai peoples live in a vast valley in Northern Mongolia, much as their ancestors have for centuries. “Taiga” is the record of a long period spent by the German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger among these people.

Johanna D’Arc of Mongolia

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A group of cosmopolitan women passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian Railway are taken prisoner by Ulan Iga, a warrior princess.

Freak Orlando

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring “Freak” Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.