Schwechater

Schwechater
Directed byPeter Kubelka
CinematographyPeter Kubelka
Edited byPeter Kubelka
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
1 minute
CountryAustria

Schwechater [ˈʃvɛçaːtɐ] is a 1958 experimental short film by Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka. It is the second entry in his trilogy of metrical films, between Adebar and Arnulf Rainer.

Originally commissioned to make an advertisement for Schwechater Bier [de], Kubelka edited footage from the shoot based on a complex set of rules, producing a rapid procession of images. Although the company was displeased with the commercial, Schwechater found favour as a work of avant-garde cinema.