Benny's Video (1992)

Director:

Michael Haneke

Writer:

Michael Haneke (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 1993 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A story about a boy called Benny, who watches violent movies, including a home-made video of a pig being slaughtered. Soon after, Benny loses his mind and kills a girl and films the murder with his video camera. |

Plot Keywords:

Video | Video Camera | Murder | Pig | Apartment

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Arno Frisch	...	Benny
Angela Winkler	...	Mother
Ulrich Mühe	...	Father
Ingrid Stassner	...	Young Girl
Stephanie Brehme
Stefan Polasek
Christian Pundy
Max Berner
Hanspeter Müller
Shelley Kästner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wolfgang Böck
Cecile Gordon
Alfred Köberler
Paulus Manker
Gerhard Schmiepeter
Susanne Schneider
Dietrich Siegl	...	(voice)
Martin Schoendeling	...	Sales manager in videostore (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Haneke

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Haneke		writer

Produced by
Veit Heiduschka	....	producer
Michael Katz	....	executive producer
Bernard Lang	....	producer
Gebhard Zupan	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Christian Berger

Film Editing by
Marie Homolkova

Production Design by
Christoph Kanter

Set Decoration by
Christian Schuster

Costume Design by
Erika Navas

Makeup Department
Giacomo Peier	....	makeup artist
Elisabeth Preindl	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Affaf Fawzi	....	unit manager
Anne-Catherine Lang	....	production manager
Nabil Shazli	....	production manager
Alfred Strobl	....	unit manager
Christian Wolff	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hanus Polak Jr.	....	assistant director
Alfred Strobl	....	assistant director
Christian Wolf	....	assistant director

Art Department
Robert Kostl	....	set dresser
Hans Wagner	....	property master: indoor

Sound Department
Eduard Hofmann	....	assistant sound
Mel Kutbay	....	foley artist
Karl Schlifelner	....	sound mixer
Karl Schlifelner	....	sound
Andreas Sigg	....	assistant sound

Special Effects by
Willi Neuner	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Nicolaus Cortolezis	....	lighting technician
Roland Heinrich	....	lighting technician
Michael Lang	....	lighting technician
Stefan Pochlatko	....	lighting technician
Bernhard Pötscher	....	assistant camera
Peter Scheiblin	....	still photographer
Robert Weiland	....	lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bettina Leidl	....	wardrobe
Susanne Meneghel	....	wardrobe (as Susie Meneghel)
Lydia Polak	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Marie Haider	....	assistant editor
Andreas Prochaska	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Peter Ecker	....	location manager
Susanne Hort	....	production secretary
Ulrike Lässer	....	production secretary
Christa Preisinger	....	business manager
Samich Said	....	production assistant
Pierre Sioufi	....	production assistant
Johanna Teicht	....	script supervisor
Christian Wolf	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Bernard Lang
• Wega Film

Distributors

• Pandora Filmproduktion (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Senso Films Oy (1993) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Alamode Film (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2007) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• absolut MEDIEN (1997) (Germany) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Benny's Video (France) [fr]
Bennyn video (Finland) [fi]
El vídeo de Benny (Spain) [es]
To video tou Benny (Greece) (TV title) [el]

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Austria | Switzerland

Language:

German | English | Arabic | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company:

Bernard Lang

Trivia:

Second part of Michael Haneke's "Glaciation Trilogy" also including Der siebente Kontinent (1989) and 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Benny leaves the phone booth in Egypt, the cameraman is visible in multiple window reflections.

Movie Connections:

References Graveyard Shift (1990)

Only one sentence!

I never have seen a scene like the senseless death of the young girl, which happens in this movie; Haneke almost shows nothing but it is the most heart-breakening situation I've ever watched in a movie although I'm really not inexperienced in touching as well as violence presenting movies!

Nothing for tender-hearted characters!!!