Kamikaze 1989 (1982)

Director:

Wolf Gremm

Writers:

Wolf Gremm (writer)
Robert Katz (writer)

Release Date:

16 July 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.

Plot Keywords:

Future | Parody | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Rainer Werner Fassbinder	...	Polizeileutnant Jansen
Günther Kaufmann	...	Anton
Boy Gobert	...	Konzernchef
Arnold Marquis	...	Polizeipräsident
Richy Müller	...	Neffe
Nicole Heesters	...	Barbara
Brigitte Mira	...	Personaldirektorin
Jörg Holm	...	Vizepräsident
Hans Wyprächtiger	...	Zerling
Petra Jokisch	...	Elena
Andreas Mannkopff	...	Wechselschichtregisseur
Ute Fitz-Koska	...	Polizeiärztin
Frank Ripploh	...	Ganster
Heinz-Eckardt Eckardt	...	Polizist
Christoph Baumann	...	Kriminalpolizist

Also Known As:

Kamikaze 89 (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:106 min | USA:106 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Oase Filmproduktion

Trivia:

Promo material for the U.S. release gave the title as "Kamikaze '89" but the title on the film itself gave the title as "Kamikaze 1989".

Goofs:

Factual errors: The movie claims 27 September 1989 to be a Monday, but that day was a Wednesday. (The movie plays in 1989, as the title and a spoken intro make clear. The supposed explosion in the beginning of the movie was planned to take place on September 23, as Jansen points out. The chief of the police then urges Jansen to solve the case within for days, saying "until Monday afternoon", which would be September 27.)

Dr. Paul Vincent Zecchino highly recommends Kamikaze

Highly recommend Fassbinder's brilliant meisterstuck. Evil commie-rat empire was a ravening beast bearing down upon the planet when they shot chunk of celluloid prophecy. Had any the prescience to suggest the events of our squalid doomstruck post-90s era, they'd have been carted off to the booby hatch. Or would Fassbinder have made a film about them?

No further comments from undersigned needed. This film serves as prequel to our era. With but a little thought, can one 'project the lines' to our short term destiny? "Avoid unnecessary thoughts."

Dr. Paul Vincent Zecchino

Manasota Key, Florida

29 December, 2006

"Truth leads a wretched life -

and always survives the lie."