Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980)

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Mathieu Carrière

Egon Schiele

Jane Birkin

Wally

Christine Kaufmann

Edith Harms

Kristina van Eyck

Adele Harms

Karina Fallenstein

Tatjana von Mossig
(as Nina Fallenstein)

Ramona Leiß

Gerti

Marcel Ophüls

Dr. Stowel

Robert Dietl

Benesch

Dany Mann

Mrs. Stowel

Guido Wieland

Mr. von Mossig

Angelika Hauff

Schiele's mother

Helmut Dohle

Gustav Klimt

Herbert Fux

1st Gendarm

Manfred Titz

2nd Gendarm

Fritz Goblirsch

Bistranek

Harry Hardt

Mr. von Reininghaus

Wolfgang Lesowsky

Arthur Roessler

Karl-Heinz Wukow

Dr. Weisner

Director
- Herbert Vesely
Writers
- Leo Tichat
- Herbert Vesely
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Trivia
David Bowie had been tapped to star in an Egon Schiele biography " Wally " In 1978 with Clive Donner directing and also starring Charlotte Rampling but the funding fell through.

Alternate versions
Theatrical version has different versions of nudity scenes, which includes female genitals close-ups, excluded from the DVD edition of the movie.

A Very Confused Biography of a Tormented Artist

In 1912, in Austria, the painter Egon Schiele (Mathieu Carrière) is sent to jail accused of pornography with the nymphet Tatjana (Karina Fallenstein) in his erotic paints. His mate, the model Vally (Jane Birkin), gets help from a famous lawyer to release him. Then he leaves Vally, marries with another woman and goes to the war. This movie is a confused and non-linear biography of the unknown artist Egon Schiele. The expressionless Mathieu Carrière does not support much his character. I do not know the biography of Egon Schiele and I was not able to identify his real intentions, for example, with Tatjana, the trigger of his arresting. The beauty and the performance of Jane Birkin and the beautiful naked models are the best this movie can offer. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): `Excesso e Punição' (` Excess and Punishment')