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11 January 1985 (USA)
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Plot:
A neo-Nazi organization is recruiting in the 1980s, and two youths of high-school age join for similar reasons...
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Neo Nazi
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Gang
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Fascism
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Homosexual
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Chilling Tale of the Effects of Apathy and the Young
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Cast
(in credits order) | Nikolas Vogel | ... | Thomas Feigl |
| Roger Schauer | ... | Charly |
| Wolfgang Gasser | ||
| Anneliese Stöckl-Eberhard | ||
| Jaromír Borek | ... | Thomas Vater |
| John Ottwald | (as Ottwald John) | |
| Helmut Kahn | ||
| Edd Stavjanik | ||
| Kurt Jaggberg | ... | Lehrer |
| Evelyn Faber | ||
| Gerhard Swoboda | ... | Journalist |
| Frank Dietrich | ||
| Johanna Tomek | ... | Charlys Mutter |
| Hjalmar Este | ||
| Bernhard Werner | ||
| Alexander Wussow | ||
| Klaus Novak | ||
| Nadja Etzler | ||
| Rudi Schippel | ... | Kriegsveteran |
| Harry Hornisch | ||
| Michael Janisch | ||
| Dagmar Schwarz | ||
| Hans Zemba | ||
| Alexander Berg | ||
| Günther Rupp | ||
| Claudia Zeischka | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Radica Jovicic | ... | Michelle (unconfirmed) |
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| Walter Bannert | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Walter Bannert | ||
| Erich A. Richter | ||
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| Chris D. Nebe | .... | executive producer | |
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| Hanus Polak | |||
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| Walter Bannert | |||
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| Rudolf Czettel | |||
| German Pizzinini | |||
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| Michael Plappert | |||
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| Regina Amon | |||
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| Renate Micheli | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Gebhard Zupan | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ruth Blankenstein | .... | assistant director | |
| Harry M. Scholz | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Sabine Gally | .... | props | |
Sound Department | |||
| Anton Amlacher | .... | assistant sound | |
| Ekkehart Baumung | .... | sound | |
| Kurt Schwarz | .... | sound mixer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Kurt Fritz | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Frederic-Gerard Kaczek | .... | assistant camera (as Frederic G. Kaczek) | |
| Frederic-Gerard Kaczek | .... | focus puller | |
| Hans-Jörg Kirchmeyer | .... | gaffer (as Hansjörg Kirchmeyer) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Cosmos (1982) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Island Alive (1985) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Starlight
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"Die Erben" - Austria (original title)
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France:97 min | USA:90 min
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When I first saw this movie, I didn't quite know what to make of it. To be sure, there is a sense of intense violence and eroticism in this film that seems to be at odds with one another, and overshadows the performances, at least on the initial viewing.
Is it formula? Perhaps, for all of the possible excuses for reaching for violence and hatred are here: indifferent and abusive parents, diminished school prospects, and poverty to some degree- however it should be noted that the most fanatical of the boys is the one who comes from a good home. By the end, there is little of him left but the desire to destroy, and the inevitable beauty that he will self destruct.
On that point, it is very tragic that Nikolas Vogel, the star of the film, passed away so very young. As the young fanatical neo-Nazi, we see him as a lovely, misguided young man whose confusion and disappointment throughout the film ultimately lead to the violent conclusion. He starts as an innocent kid, and finishes as the empty vessel that we all fear on some level.
Very sad that Nikolas Vogel didn't get to make very many films, for this one made a profound impression on me!