Jesus Christ Saviour ( Jesus Christus Erlöser ) ( Jesucristo Salvador )

Jesus Christ Saviour (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jesus Christus Erlöser
Alternate Title: Jesucristo Salvador
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
84 min + Extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Peter Geyer

Written By:
Peter Geyer

Actors:
Klaus Kinski ..... Himself (archive footage)

Synopsis:

At the height of the free love movement, Jesus Christ Superstar is a stage sensation, and controversial actor Klaus Kinski takes the stage of Berlin's Deutschlandhalle to read from his own text entitled "Jesus Christus Erlöser". The date is November 20, 1971, and Kinski stands bathed in the spotlight on an otherwise empty stage. The focus of the evening is for Kinski to tell the tale of "a man who would rather be massacred than continue to live and fester." The resulting performance erupted into a frenzy of anger and turmoil. But later, after most of the crowd had departed in disgust, Kinski accomplished his goal of reading his text beginning to end. For the handful of audience members who remained, it was an enthralling experience to witness a hoarse Kinski's quiet intensity. For modern audiences, filmmaker Peter Geyer's document of the evening's events serves to capture the energy of an uncertain period in 20th Century history and offer a compelling portrait of an artist who never ceased to challenge either himself or his audience.

Berlin's Deutschlandhalle on 20 November, 1971. The lonely figure of Kinski appears in the spotlight on an empty stage to recite his own text, Jesus Christus Erlöser. The performance marks the realisation of a project which had preoccupied him for more than ten years. This is the age of the hippy movement; the musical Jesus Christ Superstar is a sensational success. But Kinski's Jesus Christus Erlöser is no hippy happening. It is intended as an intensely emotional reading, concentrating purely on the actor's voice. The content, according to Kinski, is the most exciting story ever told: the life of Jesus Chris, as one of the most fearless, most free, most modern of all people; a man would rather be massacred than to continue to live and fester.

Filmed record of a chaotic 1971 spoken-word performance by actor Klaus Kinski in Berlin, where he battled a particularly rowdy audience.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 January, 2010.

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