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Cast
- Maria HofstätterDie Anhalterin
- Alfred MrvaDer Mann für die Sicherheit
- Franziska WeiszDie Freundin des Opel-Freaks
- Christine JirkuLehrerin und Geliebte von Vikerl
- Viktor HennemannVikerl
- Georg FriedrichAngetrunkener Freund von Vikerl
- Claudia MartiniDie geschiedene Frau und Freundin des Masseurs
- Victor RathboneDer geschiedene Mann
- Gerti LehnerHaushälterin des Alten Mannes
- Erich FinschesAlter Mann
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Chicago Tribune
Be forewarned: Dog Days, like many of Seidel's films, will drive some moviegoers to rage and walkouts with its unrelentingly depressing tone. But it also a remarkable, deeply disturbing work by a brilliant filmmaker. - 90
Variety
An acid portrait of contemporary Austria (and by extension, the whole middle class) as unspeakably dull, violent and stupid. The film itself, miraculously, is just the opposite: vibrantly inventive, aesthetically rigorous, sardonic and occasionally quite brilliant. - 80
The New York Times
The believability comes from the casting: he has found a group of actors and nonprofessionals who interact spectacularly well. - 75
New York Post
Dog Days has much in common with "Code Unknown" -- both dart among several characters who may occasionally cross paths. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
His (Seidl) camera is shocking in its intimacy, his film surprisingly casual in its depiction of extreme behavior and the randomness of violence. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Looks very much like a documentary: It's grainy and raw, and Seidl's actors -- a mix of actors and non-professionals -- are often unglamorously posed under what appears to be natural light. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Willfully provocative, much like a small child performing outrageous acts just to get some attention. - 50
Village Voice
Dog Days adheres dogmatically to the school of sado-miserablism that Seidl's compatriots Michael Haneke and Jessica Hausner have turned into something of a national industry (non-Austrian adherents abound too, from Gaspar Noé to Harmony Korine).