Das Gespenst (film): Difference between revisions

====Date: [[:Category:1975 - 1984|1975 - 1984]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====

====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Religious|Religious]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====

'''Location:''' Bavaria, MunichGermany and Vienna, Austria

'''Description of Artwork:''' Achternbusch's film, Das Gespenst (The Ghost), shows Jesus stepping down from his cross, confronting religious stereotypes and cliches, and wandering through the streets with a nun, having sundry surreal experiences. <P>

'''The Incident:''' Das Gespenst was celebrated at the Internationale Hofer Filmtage in Hof, Germany in 1982; however, religious groups disagreed to the film's content.  In April 1984, the FSK, a semi-official government film-rating organization, denounced the film and threatened to withhold a payment promised to Achternbusch because the film "injured religious feelings and human dignity."  In 1983, Munich's public prosecutor took action in response to 2,000 complaints against the film, influenced by the European Citizen's Initiative for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity.  The prosecutor responded by by confiscating the film and accusing the film distributor of slandering a religious community.  In Austria, the film recieved similar opposition.  The film was confiscated and screenings were cancelled.    <P>

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