DieRebellion(TheRebellion).1993.Austria.DirectedbyMichaelHaneke.Withitssilent-eraaestheticofsepiatonesandmutedcolortints,anditsinterweavingofrealismandfantasy,Haneke’shauntingadaptationofJosephRoth’sexpressionistic1924novelisanhomagetothegreatWeimarcinemaofG.W.PabstandF.W.Murnau.Inaheartbreakingperformance,BrankoSamarovskiplaysAndreasPum,asoldierwholoseshislegduringtheGreatWarandbecomesanorgan-grindertoearnafewcoinsaday.TothisloyalcitizenoftheState,theveteransandfirebrandswhomarchinprotestagainstsociety’sneglectarelazy,insubordinate"heathens."ButwhenanuglytramincidentcondemnsPumtoalifeofpenuryandloneliness,hissoulisawakenedtothebitterwasteofalifespentindutytoGodandEmpire.InGerman;Englishsubtitles.90min.
