2551 Trilogie: The Kid, The Orgy of the Damned & The End

Cultnight: 2551 Trilogy Norbert Pfaffenbichlers's ode to both silent film and the dark post-apocalyptic cinema of the 1980s. Chaplins The Kid meets Żuławski’s Possession. Dark, funny, experimental, and thoroughly idiosyncratic. Without dialogue, 2551 constantly balances between art film and pure underground, while remaining addictively entertaining. De Oostenrijkse director Pfaffenbichler surrounded himself with a very young crew and built a stunning universe with limited means. Dystopian slapstick and bizarre scenes in pure underground cinema, pulsating to a soundtrack ranging from electronica and classical to noise and metal. At the center is a man in a gorilla mask moving through a violent, underground society. An uncompromising marathon for the adventurer. Volg Pfaffenbichler down the rabbit hole. A trip not easily forgotten. 19:30 | 2551.01 – The Kid Norbert Pfaffenbichler | AT | 2021 | 1h05 | no dialogue A man saves a boy and later tries to get him off his back, but barely succeeds, eventually causing them to wander around in an underground world populated by grotesque, masked figures. One hundred years after Chaplin recorded his first feature film The Kid, Norbert Pfaffenbichler brings an experimental, punk-style interpretation that the filmmaker himself describes as a dystopian slapstick film. 20:45 | 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned Norbert Pfaffenbichler | AT | 2023 | 1h22 | no dialogue At some point, hopefully not too soon, in some place anywhere but here, all life will have retreated underground after a failed uprising. In part two, you end up right in the terrifying universe (which, upon closer inspection, resembles a warped, perverse version of the present). The man's search leads him to a labyrinth of depravity where something he had already given up hope on is waiting for him: love. 22:00 | 2551.03 – The End Norbert Pfaffenbichler | AT | 2025 | 1h20 | no dialogue There are no taboos in the grotesque underworld of Pfaffenbichler's 2551 films, which cross all boundaries, particularly those of good taste. The final part of the trilogy takes you to an explosive post-apocalyptic finale. With 1 movie ticket, you can enjoy the entire trilogy. You choose whether you watch 1, 2, or 3 films.