D.U.D.A.! Werner Pirchner

D.U.D.A! = The downfall of the Alpine country!

This musical documentary film brings the Tyrolean Werner Preisegott Pirchner (1940 - 2001), this witty and headstrong composer, comedian and jazz star, back to where he belongs: Into the limelight!

Creativity, humour, originality, perfection - in short: the uniqueness of his music and person make Werner Pirchner an exceptional phenomenon of the first order. The film journey criss-crosses his work and his homeland, which oscillates between tradition and modernity, natural beauty and commercial disfigurement. Friends, fans and patrons such as André Heller, Josef Hader, Tobias Moretti and Felix Mitterer talk about their encounters with the master who inspired and inspired them like no other. Pirchner's achievements, between serious and popular music (ironic album title: ‘EU’), between classical and jazz, orchestral, film, brass and stage music (‘Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter’), are truly impressive and up-to-date, from the sound design for Ö1 radio, which is still used today, to the soundtrack for Jean-Luc Godard's film biography.