Allegory

This was supposed to be a trial film for the artist to test her defective camera In Allegory Friedl vom Groller stands in the foreground of the scene anxiously looking into the camera A circle of women behind her gradually lends the film movement as their initial earnestness gives way and they traverse the film frame cheerfully talking Allegory contrasts Grollers melancholy with the cheerfulness of her students Christa Benzer