This moving portrait of a maternity clinic in Vienna grants an intriguing insight into the drama, the pain and beauty of coming into the world. In its entire complexity and variety the everyday miracle of giving birth as well as the cycle of its accompanying routine procedures within the clinic are demonstrated with the stylistic means of Direct Cinema. Into the World is a chronicle of the beginning of life and the organizational apparatus that we are born into.

Into the World

This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl method’ is conveyed here vividly and directly: The camera watches over Seidl’s shoulder during the filming of his new production IM KELLER, and observes him at the rehearsals for his latest theatre production ‘Böse Buben / Fiese Männer’. The film paints the picture of a fascinating and exceptional artist using a combination of extensive interviews and excerpts from earlier works.