Hardly Working

Susanna Flock
Leonhard Müllner
Robin Klengel
Michael Stumpf

2022•21 min.•

Austria

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.

Animation
Documentary

Cast

A
A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02
"The Street Sweeper"
A
A_F_M_SDslums_02
"The Laundress"
A
A_M_M_NBXdockworkers_01
"The Carpenter"
A
A_M_M_VALlaborer_01
"The Stable Hand"
JB
Jacob Banigan
Narrator

Crew

SF
Susanna Flock
Writing
SF
Susanna Flock
Directing
Leonhard Müllner
Directing
SF
Susanna Flock
Editing
MS
Michael Stumpf
Writing
Robin Klengel
Directing
MS
Michael Stumpf
Directing
Robin Klengel
Writing
Leonhard Müllner
Writing
Robin Klengel
Editing
Leonhard Müllner
Editing
Leonhard Müllner
Production
SF
Susanna Flock
Production
BZ
Bernhard Zorzi
Sound
MS
Michael Stumpf
Production
Robin Klengel
Production
FK
Felix Klee
Crew
JK
Jona Kleinlein
Crew
Karl Marx
Crew
Mariša Milovanović
Crew
BZ
Bernhard Zorzi
Crew
LK
Lorenz Kabas
Crew
AC
Adina Camhy
Crew
MKJ
Marcie K. Jost
Crew
MJ
Mathieu Janssen
Crew
AJH
Adrian Jonas Haim
Sound
PZ
Peter Zorn
Crew
FS
Forum Stadtpark
Crew
LW
Lena Weiss
Crew
FW
Franz-Josef Windisch-Graetz
Crew
SF
Susanna Flock
Crew
Leonhard Müllner
Crew
MS
Michael Stumpf
Crew
SF
Susanna Flock
Sound
Robin Klengel
Sound
SF
Susanna Flock
Crew
MS
Michael Stumpf
Sound
Leonhard Müllner
Crew
MS
Michael Stumpf
Crew
Robin Klengel
Crew
Leonhard Müllner
Sound
MS
Michael Stumpf
Editing
MS
Michael Stumpf
Crew
Robin Klengel
Crew