This is a black-and-white short film which runs for 16 minutes and was made over 50 years ago by French filmmakers Straub and Huillet based on Heinrich Böll's work. The two worked together on many many films spanning over several decades. However, with their film "Machorka-Muff", which is the name of the protagonist I am really not sure what message they are trying to send. IMDb credits this as a drama, but with all the supposedly-funny names I am really not so sure about it. And the action in here was in fact almost too weird to classify it in a genre. Lead actor Kuby wrote some more film pieces, but did not act again and died ten years ago way in to his 90s. The other actors in here did not reappear on screen either. Maybe this is not the worst thing as I found their performances not really impressive, gently-put. The only reason to watch this for is probably the weirdness of the entire thing if you like that kind of films. I feel no need to ever see it again. Not recommended.
Review of Machorka-Muff
