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Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

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1h 38m

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Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

4.33

/ 10

3 User Ratings

1h 38m

Running Time

Plot.

Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The Left! But, yikes, Johannes can't tolerate ignorant and topically abusive comments on the "Internet" anymore! Supported by writer Ishan Raval, in this film, Johannes explains, re-evaluates, and sometimes sacrifices political golden calves of discourse. Not to be used with false consciousness or silicone-based lubricant.

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Cast & Crew.

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Host / Doktor Ullmaier (voice) / Frau Schlammpeitzinger / Johannes Kepler / The 1% / Harnulf Rohrkrepierer / Writer / Pr...

Amber Benson

Pfefferkarree McCormick

Max Grodénchik

Biological Male

Jeff Ricketts

President Ödem von Horvath

Jason Scott

Billy Bob Turingengine

Roland Gratzer

El Rocho Gratzer

Charlie Poulon

Resume victim

Michael J. Epstein

DeForest Schbeibi / Camera Operator

Daniel Hasibar

Head of Transport Fleet / Sound Designer

Conny Lee

Madame Juju

Stuart Freeman

Brian Ewok

Niko Alm

Dr. Narcos Älm

Christian Schädel

Monsieur Dudu

Hannes Duscher

Subcomandante Duscher

Douglas Robinson

Karl Marx

Harald Homolka-List

Hans Platzgaumer

Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger

Platzgaumer's Cerebral Cortex

Martin Nechvatal

Leatherface

Michael Ettmann

Losing Eyesight and Life

Josef P. Wagner

Mister Hooded Camera Operator / Camera Operator

Johannes Ullmaier

Self (photographs)

Robert Stachel

Waiter Walter Peckinpah

Elisabeth Semrad

Infomerical Birther

Barbara Macheiner

Blames Society

Christoph Burstup Weiss

MC Constructivist

David Fine

Self / Pansexual German Paratrooper

Peter Hörmanseder

Wizard of OS / Teknomator / Glenn Greenwald / Laura Poitras

Hadas Emma Kedar

In-house Activist

Stefanie Sargnagel

Self

Katharina Stemberger

Self

Nick Farr

Pontius Pilates

Nikolaus Stich

Self

Achmed Abdel-Salam

Modern Subject

Jim Libby

Information Gaze

Peter Hengl

Father Honor

Lola Basara

Mother Concern

Andrea Nitsche

Dr. Bulletpoint von Sganarelle

Michael Smulik

Politics

Jolyne Schlien Schürmann

Joseph de Maistre

Mira Sophia Ulz

Self (archive footage)

Werner Faymann

Self (archive footage)

Andreas Mailath-Pokorny

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Prammer

Self (archive footage)

Laura Rudas

Self (archive footage)

Josef Kalina

Self (archive footage)

Doris Bures

Self (archive footage)

Erich Fogler

Self (archive footage)

Claudia Schmied

Self (archive footage)

Kudra Owens

Biological Female

Franz Ablinger

The 1% / Sailor Dieselfink

Martin Auer

The 1% / Professor Alain Xavior Schnürlsamt

David Dempsey

Sven Shitpornson / The 1%

Anna Behne

Lady Unsquaredance

Ben Dagan

Photogenic Team Member

Gerald Votava

The Producer

Sylvia Fassl-Vogler

Self

Hermine Grenzfurthner

Self

Chris S. Sims

Old One

Ishan Raval

Dan O'Bannon / Writer

Günther Friesinger

Co-Producer

Sophia Cacciola

Camera Operator

Thomas Kranabetter

Camera Operator

Tanja Mairhofer

Camera Operator

Thomas Weilguny

Camera Operator

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 16, 2018

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 38m

Budget
$15,000

Genres
Documentary Animation Comedy History

Last updated: 2025-04-18

Wiki.

Glossary of Broken Dreams is a 2018 Austrian/American documentary film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The essayistic feature film tries to present an overview of political concepts such as freedom, privacy, identity, resistance, etc.

Grenzfurthner calls his project an "ideotaining cinematic revue" about political ideas he considers important. Grenzfurthner cites frustration about the current level of political debate as a primary influence for making the film. He couldn't tolerate "ignorant and topically abusive comments on the 'Internet' anymore." So he teamed up with writer and activist Ishan Raval to "explain, re-evaluate, and sometimes sacrifice political golden calves of discourse."

The film features performances by Amber Benson, Max Grodenchik, Jason Scott Sadofsky and others.

The film was produced by art group monochrom.