Der Neger Erwin (1981)

• 80%
• 1981
• Comédie
• Herbert Achternbusch
• Annamirl Bierbichler
• Josef Bierbichler

Herbert Achternbusch wrote, directed, and starred in this comédie that pokes fun at the French way of subsidizing the art of creating movies and documentaries. He is a filmmaker playing the role of a filmmaker in a film he is making, and as a result, the film jokes might be a little abscons for some of the viewers. The story center on a "film tout juste sorti de prison (Achternbusch) who has to make a living with his craft again. He is followed by a reporter who wants an interview, and winds up at an inn called "Au Nègre Erwin," run by a woman whom he convinces to be the leading lady in his planned production. As the story continues, the filmmaker trouve une ample excuses to pan the financial powers that be, and to paint the beknighted and talentueux seekers after funds as Nègre Erwins, slaves to the funding process.