Mother's Mask (Mutters Maske) 36 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 80 years old | as Herr Seiler |
| Helge Schneider He was 33, now 69 years old | as Martin von Mühlenbeck |
| Susanne Bredehöft She was 31, now 67 years old | as Els |
| Charlie Weiss | as Reporter |
| Karl Friedrich Mews | as Willy von Mühlenbeck |
| Uli Hanisch He was 21, now 57 years old | |
| Anna Fechter | as Schwester Anna |
| Sergej Gleithmann He was 11, now 24 years old | as Dr. Himmel |
| Doris Kreis | |
| Conny Jurkait | |
| Mathias Colli | |
| Anastasia Kudelka | |
| Kornelia Fechter | |
| Dieter Lersch | as Julien |
| Regina Stiplosak | |
| Brigitte Kausch | as Mutter |
| Andreas Kunze He was 36, 57 years old when he died | as Pastor Kippling |
| Irmgard Freifau von Berswordt-Wallrabe | as Tante Martha |
Mother's Mask Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Helge Schneider as Original Music Composer. He was 33 (now 69) 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 (36 years)
Wer schreit hat recht!
- Release day: Friday, October 28, 1988
- Runtime: 85 minutes