Short Films of Christoph Schlingensief

Short Films of Christoph Schlingensief (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Christoph Schlingensief

Written By:
Christoph Schlingensief

Actors:
Udo Kier
Alfred Edel
Anna Fechter
Volker Bertzky
Andreas Kunze
Anastasia Kudelka
Werner Roeder

Synopsis:

Seven short films by the German shock-meister Christoph Schlingensief:
Schlacht der Idioten (1986):
In this outrageous short - shot for the inauguration of the movie organ at the Film Institute in Duesseldorf, Germany - Schlingensief demonstrates that he's quite able to put his disjunctive, aggressive punk style to a purpose. Filmed in the manner of a silent movie, complete with all the breaks, smears and distortions of an eighty-year-old copy, this film lumps together quite a weird amount of characters. A vampire (Kier), an Indian chief (Edel) and various other cliche figures lifted from the silent film repertoire struggle to get out of their movies and fight for "Queen Quelly". The film thereby does not only relate to film history, but to Schlingensiefs personal history of film reception: The characters also seem to stem from a child's imagination, consequently ending up in a big mess on a playground. Like most of Schlingensief's films, this one is deliberately disgusting, funny, highly conscious of its form and powerful.
Also:
Mein 1. Film (1986)
Mensch Mami, wir drehn 'nen Film (1977)
Für Elise (1982)
Wie würden Sie entscheiden? (1982)
Phantasus muss anders werden (1983)
What happened to Magdalena Jung (1983)

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