Copy Shop

2001 0h 12m DE

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 36

DramaComedyAnimation

Synopsis

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Wordless story about a man who awakes in his bed wearing his clothes (including a check vest). He rises, washes his face, combs his hair, and heads for work across the street at a copy shop. He inadvertently makes a photocopy of his hand, and then the machine beings turning out copies of photographs of himself, the street outside, and his apartment. He unplugs the copier and heads home. He repeats the scene we saw earlier. Copies of himself emerge from bed; baffled, he watches them go to work. Soon, it seems, he's part of a society in which everyone looks like him and wears check vest. Can he get things back to normal?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Johannes Silberschneider
Alfred Kager
Elisabeth Ebner-Haid
Flower girl

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Virgil Widrich
Writers: Virgil Widrich
Languages: No Language
Countries: Austria

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RUNTIME

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Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Virgil Widrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Johannes Silberschneider and Elisabeth Ebner-Haid carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0182014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Virgil Widrich directs. Virgil Widrich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Austria. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Virgil Widrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Johannes Silberschneider and Elisabeth Ebner-Haid carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0182014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.