Liebeskonzil is a 1982 film by Werner Schroeter, based on an 1894 play by Oskar Panizza. It was banned by the Austrian government in 1985, on the grounds that it insulted the Christian religion. In 1994, in the case of Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria, the European Court of Human Rights held by 6 votes to 3 that the banning of the film was a justifiable limitation on the freedom of expression, because the film would offend Austrian Roman Catholics. Panzizzi's original work had also led its author to face blasphemy charges in the nineteenth century.
Liebeskonzil (1982)
Directed by Werner Schroeter
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Austria, Christian, European Court Of Human Rights, Film Based On Literature, Government, Oskar Panizza, Otto-preminger-institut, Roman
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Concile d'amour
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