Hardly Working

An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

Release Date

August 3, 2022

Runtime

21 min

Genres

Animation , Documentary

Directed by

Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf

Written by

Susanna Flock, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner

Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Status

Released

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TEASER | Hardly Working by Total Refusal

Cast5 cast members

A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02

"The Street Sweeper"

A_F_M_SDslums_02

"The Laundress"

A_M_M_NBXdockworkers_01

"The Carpenter"

A_M_M_VALlaborer_01

"The Stable Hand"

Jacob Banigan

Narrator

Crew34 crew members

Susanna Flock

Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Script

Leonhard Müllner

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Script, Sound Recordist

Michael Stumpf

Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Translator, Editor, Script

Robin Klengel

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Sound Recordist, Cinematography, Script

Bernhard Zorzi

Sound Designer, Additional Music

Johanna Rolshoven

Felix Klee

Eddie Bertozzi

Stephan Hochleithner

Moni Klengel

Programmers of Rockstar Games

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Artists of Rockstar Games

Jona Kleinlein

Karl Marx

Mariša Milovanović

Conny Hänchen

Lorenz Kabas

Adina Camhy

Julia Fabrick

Marcie K. Jost

Mathieu Janssen

Moke Klengel

Adrian Jonas Haim

Peter Zorn

Justin Winkler

Kateřina Smejkalová

Forum Stadtpark

Austria in Motion

Barbara Steiner

Lena Weiss

Katrin Bucher Trantow

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Franz-Josef Windisch-Graetz

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Theater im Bahnhof

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Radio Helsinki

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Posters2 images

Trailers1 video