Happiness Is a Warm Gun

Happiness Is a Warm Gun (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
92 min + 20 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

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

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Thomas Imbach

Written By:
Jürg Hassler
Thomas Imbach

Actors:
Linda Olsansky ..... Petra
Herbert Fritsch ..... Gert
Claudia Cimaschi ..... Pfarrer
Claudia Engeler ..... Sanitäter
Manfred Gassama Momodu ..... Asylbewerber
Sir Henry ..... Musician
Ibrahim Kamara ..... Asylbewerber
Ahmed Khuram ..... Asylbewerber
Yousef Konneh ..... Asylbewerber
Alois Kunz ..... Polizist
Sabine Morf ..... Rezeptionistin
Eric Ndonko Njeukam ..... Asylbewerber
Sylvain Ngouana Tchio ..... Asylbewerber
Ingrid Sattes ..... Polizistin
Gilbert Kouam Tamo ..... Asylbewerber

Synopsis:

In 1992, political activist Petra Kelly was killed in her sleep by her lover, Gert Bastian, a former West German military officer, who then shot and killed himself. Kelly was a galvanizing force behind the establishment of Germany's Green Party, for which she served as speaker and as a member of parliament. The much older Bastian-an ardent fascist in his youth-was a three-star general who resigned his commission in 1980 in protest over the deployment of American missiles in Germany; he became a pacifist and Green Party activist under Kelly's strong influence. But by the time of her death, she had lost her position with the Greens and was plagued by financial woes. Swiss director Thomas Imbach uses a highly experimental style to try to get at the truth of the tragedy: Was it a murder-suicide? Or a suicide pact?

Petra, the 1980s 'green queen' and peace activist, is shot in her sleep by her lover and political ally, former West German army general Gert. He kills himself shortly afterwards. Was it murder, or did she want that shot? What happens to Petra, from the time Gert's bullet enters her skull to the moment it lodges in her brain and she dies? She experiences a flash-forward to the present time and wakes up in the glassy transit zone of an international airport. On her trip through this modern purgatory, Petra struggles to unravel the meaning of the shot together with Gert and other figures from her life. In the explosive moment between life and death, she recognizes the force of her most absolute desires.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 03 May, 2012.