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29 November 1990 (Germany)
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2012 Lausanne Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup
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Book Review: The Blackest Heart by Vince Churchill
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Books I Read This Year & A Big Thank You
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Book Review: The Blackest Heart by Vince Churchill
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Schlingensief's definitive movie on the "reunification"
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Karina Fallenstein | ... | Clara |
| Susanne Bredehöft | ... | Claras Mann / Margit |
| Artur Albrecht | ... | Claras Liebhaber |
| Volker Spengler | ... | Hank |
| Alfred Edel | ... | Alfred |
| Brigitte Kausch | ... | Brigitte |
| Dietrich Kuhlbrodt | ... | Dietrich |
| Reinald Schnell | ... | Kurti |
 | Udo Kier | ... | Jonny |
| Irm Hermann | ... | Die Zöllner |
 | Eva-Maria Kurz | ... | Die Zöllner |
| Ingrid Raguschke | ... | Die Zöllner |
| Kurt Wiedemann | ... | Die Zöllner |
| Renate Koehler | ... | Ossa |
| Sergej Gleitmann | ... | Ossus (as Volker Bertzky) |
| Irmgard Freifau von Berswordt-Wallrabe | ... | Ostdeutsches Paar (as Freifrau Baronin Irmgard von Berswordt-Wallrabe) |
| Dieter Lersch | ... | Ostdeutsches Paar |
| Biber G. Jakob | ... | Die Leichen |
| Christoph Schneiderbanger | ... | Die Leichen |
Directed by | |||
| Christoph Schlingensief | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Christoph Schlingensief | ||
Produced by | |||
| Gerd Hecker | .... | co-producer | |
| Horst Riesenfeld | .... | co-producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Jacques Arr | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Voxi Bärenklau | |||
| Christoph Schlingensief | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ariane Traub | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Uli Hanisch | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Melanie Schumacher | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Christian Fürst | .... | production manager | |
| Rüdiger Jordan | .... | unit manager | |
| Dirk Piepenbring | .... | unit manager | |
| Melanie Schumacher | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Udo Kier | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Sven Dülfer | .... | props | |
Sound Department | |||
| Stephan Konken | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Eckhard W. Kuchenbecker | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Thomas Göttemann | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Günter Hablik | .... | assistant camera | |
| Eckhard W. Kuchenbecker | .... | still photographer (as Eki Kuchenbecker) | |
| Francisco Larrain | .... | lighting technician | |
| Ralf Malwitz | .... | assistant camera | |
| Hans von Sonntag | .... | lighting technician | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Ariane Traub | .... | costumer | |
Other crew | |||
| Artur Albrecht | .... | script supervisor | |
Production Companies
- DEM Film
- Rhewes Filmproduktion (co-production)
- Hymen II (co-production)
- Film- und Medienstiftung NRW funding
- Filmförderung Hamburg funding
- Konken Studios sound post-production
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Also Known As:
"Das deutsche Kettensägen Massaker" - Germany (original title)
"The German Chainsaw Massacre" - USA (literal English title)
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"The German Chainsaw Massacre" - USA (literal English title)
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This film has to be understood in the correct context; Schlingensief did not try to make a splatter movie, he just uses elements of the splatter genre, just as in other movies he used pieces of "new German cinema", neorealism, and so on. His objective I think was to make a truthful film about the so-called German reunification, and if its weird, confusing, brutal, tasteless, and very badly acted, this only adds to its truthfulness, because that is what the "reunification" actually was like. Christoph Schlingensief made the first honest and adequate film on this event from Germany's most recent history, and up to date it remains the only one.