Hardly Working

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.

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Jacob Banigan

Narrator

Susanna Flock

Writer

Susanna Flock

Director

Leonhard Müllner

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Susanna Flock

Editor

Michael Stumpf

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Robin Klengel

Director

Michael Stumpf

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Leonhard Müllner

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Robin Klengel

Editor

Leonhard Müllner

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Leonhard Müllner

Producer

Susanna Flock

Producer

Bernhard Zorzi

Sound Designer

Johanna Rolshoven

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Michael Stumpf

Producer

Robin Klengel

Producer

Felix Klee

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Eddie Bertozzi

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Stephan Hochleithner

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Moni Klengel

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Programmers of Rockstar Games

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Artists of Rockstar Games

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Jona Kleinlein

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Karl Marx

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Mariša Milovanović

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Conny Hänchen

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Bernhard Zorzi

Additional Music

Lorenz Kabas

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Adina Camhy

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Julia Fabrick

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Marcie K. Jost

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Mathieu Janssen

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Moke Klengel

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Adrian Jonas Haim

Music

Peter Zorn

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Justin Winkler

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Kateřina Smejkalová

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Forum Stadtpark

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Barbara Steiner

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Lena Weiss

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Katrin Bucher Trantow

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Franz-Josef Windisch-Graetz

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Theater im Bahnhof

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Radio Helsinki

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Susanna Flock

Cinematography

Leonhard Müllner

Cinematography

Michael Stumpf

Cinematography

Susanna Flock

Sound Recordist

Robin Klengel

Sound Recordist

Susanna Flock

Script

Michael Stumpf

Sound Recordist

Leonhard Müllner

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Michael Stumpf

Translator

Robin Klengel

Cinematography

Leonhard Müllner

Sound Recordist

Michael Stumpf

Editor

Michael Stumpf

Script

Robin Klengel

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