Of Special MeritMovie
An attack on a piece of reactionary German legislation discriminating against young film directors. The film features a head-on, close-up shot of a penis ‘mouthing’ the parliamentary defense of the law by its author. A landmark in political pamphleteering, the film was selected for the 1968 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival by a committee of leading German critics and promptly banned by the city government, causing the withdrawal of almost all German directors from the festival and a national scandal. The title satirically refers to the official certificate of ‘Particularly Valuable’ given each year to the best film shorts by an Establishment selection.
About Of Special Merit
Of Special Merit is a 1968 movie directed by Hellmuth Costard.
The production information lists a runtime of 11m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Hellmuth Costard, Hans Toussaint. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
