The Assault
1984, short, 35mm, b&w, 9 min.
Written, directed, produced, and starring: Pia Frankenberg
Camera: Thomas Mauch
Starring Klaus Bueb
Festivals: Berlinale 1984, Hamburger Filmschau, Oberhausen, Munich Filmfest, Melbourne 1985 (Diploma of Merit)
Distribution: Futura Film (Deutsche Kinemathek Frankenberg archive)
Reviews
“Wighard Härdtl is his name; he is from the Interior Ministry in Bonn and therefore knows a thing or two about aesthetics. “Nobody can just slap me in the face and declare it to be art.” And yet somebody did. In Pia Frankenberg’s film The Assault, people wander around the city, randomly slapping people – and it’s not until the end, when Härdtl expresses his real-life maxim, that we understand why. This short film got the biggest laughs at the Berlinale.”Der Spiegel
