Directed by Solomon Nagler

Logline: An impressionistic elegy for Otto Weininger, Vienna's most infamous self-hating Jew.

Synopsis: It's 1903, and Otto Weininger, Vienna's most infamous self-hating Jew, has decided to kill himself in a room containing Beethoven's deathbed. He has just published his first book Sex and Character, and has yet to witness an acknowledgment of his self-assured genius. Haunted by the damning statements within his own book, he holds a gun to his head, and takes a leap towards the great unknown.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 9 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental
PRODUCTION FORMAT: 16mm
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Nova Scotia
TECHNIQUES: Hand Process (b&w), Hand Process (col)
KEYWORDS: Hatred, Jewish, Suicide, Process