Movie

Prater

★ 5.8(5)20071h 48m

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Director: Ulrike Ottinger
Release date: 2007-02-10
Runtime: 1h 48m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: Germany

About Prater

Prater is a 2007 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by Ulrike Ottinger, starring Peter Fitz, Veruschka von Lehndorff and Robert Kaldy-Karo. It has a runtime of 1 hour 48 minutes. It holds an average rating of 5.8/10 from 5 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Prater in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Vienna’s Prater is an amusement park and a desire machine. No mechanical invention, no novel idea or sensational innovation could escape incorporation into the Prater. The diverse story-telling in Ulrike Ottinger’s film “Prater” transforms this place of sensations into a modern cinema of attractions. The Prater’s history from the beginning to the present is told by its protagonists and those who have documented it, including contemporary cinematic images of the Prater, interviews with carnies, commentary by Austrians and visitors from abroad, film quotes, and photographic and written documentary materials. The meaning of the Prater, its status as a place of technological innovation, and its role as a cultural medium are reflected in texts by Elfriede Jelinek, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Kästner and Elias Canetti, as well as in music devoted to this amusement venue throughout the course of its history.