Germany in Autumn / The Patriotic Woman - 2-DVD Set ( Deutschland im Herbst / Die Patriotin ) ( The Female Patriot )

Germany in Autumn / The Patriotic Woman - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$42.99

Original Title: Deutschland im Herbst / Die Patriotin
Alternate Title: The Female Patriot
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
237 min + 63 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1978 - 197 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Alf Brustellin
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Alexander Kluge

Written By:
Alf Brustellin
Heinrich Böll
Christel Buschmann
Alexander Kluge

Actors:
Wolfgang Bächler ..... TV committee member
Heinz Bennent ..... Himself
Wolf Biermann ..... Foreigner
Joachim Bissmeier ..... Freiermuth
Caroline Chaniolleau ..... Mahler's interviewer
Hans Peter Cloos ..... Gabi Teichert
Otto Friebel ..... TV committee member
Hildegard Friese ..... Himself
Michael Gahr
Vadim Glowna
Helmut Griem
Hannelore Hoger
Petra Kiener
Dieter Laser
Horst Mahler
Alfred Edel ..... Herr Mürke, Staatsanwalt
Wolf Hanne ..... Oberschulrat Wedel
Hans Heckel ..... Ein Märchenforscher
Hannelore Hoger ..... Gabi Teichert, Geschichtslehrerin
Beate Holle ..... Hildegard Tacke
Kurt Jürgens ..... von Bock - Militär-Attaché
Günther Kreidel ..... Totengräber Bischoff
Dieter Mainka ..... Ein Spanner, tagsüber Staatsschützer
Willi Muench ..... Fernsehlieferant
Marius Müller-Westernhagen ..... Fred Tacke, Offizier 1939
Alexander von Eschwege

Synopsis:

Germany in Autumn (1978)
This provocative film anthology contains nine short fiction and documentary films believed to have had great influence on the development of New German Cinema. Each of the five was directed by a different German filmmaker and are set during the politically tempestuous summer of 1977 in West Germany when terrorism ran rampant. Filmmakers include Fassbinder, Boll, Schlondorff, Sinkel, Kluge (who narrates) and more.

The Patriotic Woman (1979)
The Patriot is the kind of symbolic, avant-garde, historical and cultural drama that lends itself to several viewings in order to get at the basis of what, in this case, director Alexander Kluge had in mind. Various aspects of German history are explored from several angles in a series of odd sequences. Gabi Teichert (Hannelore Hogar) is both a history teacher and a patriot. One day she goes out into the winter landscape carrying a shovel (digging for the truth?). She comes across is a dead soldier killed at the battle of Leningrad, whose symbolically disembodied knee speaks to her. Next, Gabi scans the landscape with a telescope, looking for evidence. Later, she is at a convention of the Social Democrat Party and tries to find information there. The scenes continue at different venues and with different people as this history teacher tries to piece together history.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 03 October, 2009.

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