More (1969)

Stefan, a recent college graduate, hitchhikes from Germany to Paris where he meets American expatriate, Estelle. They chase the sun to Ibiza. An idyllic island life degenerates when she introduces him to heroin and they get addicted.

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Writers:

Paul Gégauff (screenplay) (as Paul Gegauff), Barbet Schroeder (screenplay)

Stars:

Mimsy Farmer, Klaus Grünberg, Heinz Engelmann

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mimsy Farmer	...	Estelle Miller
Klaus Grünberg	...	Stefan Brückner
Heinz Engelmann	...	Dr. Ernesto Wolf
Michel Chanderli	...	Charlie
Henry Wolf	...	Henry
Louise Wink	...	Cathy

Storyline

In the late 1960s, after graduating in Mathematics, the German Stefan Brückner hitchhikes from Lübeck to Paris to see the world without any money. He befriends Charlie in an arcade and they go to a party. When Stefan meets gorgeous American Estelle Miller at the party, Charlie advises him to stay away from her. However, the straight Stefan falls in love with Estelle and, after breaking in to a house with Charlie to rob it, he follows her to Ibiza. Stefan seeks the hotel of his fellow citizen Dr. Ernesto Wolf where Estelle is lodged and asks her to leave the place and stay with him in an isolated seaside house. Before leaving the hotel, Estelle steals some money and a pack from Wolf. Soon, Stefan learns that Estelle had stolen 200 doses of heroin and he decides to try one fix with her, in the beginning of his trip to hell.

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Plot Keywords:

blonde | party | ibiza | heroin addict | bare breasts | 

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Taglines:

When two people love, one always loves more.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Crime

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Details

Country:

West Germany France Luxembourg

Language:

English German Spanish French

Release Date:

21 October 1969 (France)

Also Known As:

Di più, ancora di più...

Filming Locations:

Au niveau de la station Stalingrad, Boulevard de la Chapelle, Paris 19, Paris France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jet Films, Les Films du Losange

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Paris hotel room scene when Estelle first rolls a joint for Stefan, the album cover she uses to lay out her stash is "Child Is Father to the Man", the 1968 debut album from Blood Sweat & Tears.

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Goofs

David Gilmour's last name is misspelled "Gilmore" in the opening credits.

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Quotes

Estelle Miller: [Naked in bed together] No. I wouldn't touch it again.
Cathy: Oh, come on, Estelle. I'm sure you have some - just in case.
Estelle Miller: No, I haven't got any. Is David back yet?
Cathy: No.
Estelle Miller: Is that why you're freaking out?
Cathy: Yes. He won't come back. I think I need a little horse.
Estelle Miller: Okay. I'll try and get you some. But, eh, can you keep it cool? Cause Stefan's going to be back any minute.

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Alternate Versions

The 2003 UK BFI DVD is cut by 1 min 23 secs and removes much of the scene where Stefan prepares the heroin for injection.

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Connections

Featured in Electric Slide (2014)

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Soundtracks

Cymbaline
(uncredited)
Written by Roger Waters
Performed by Pink Floyd

User Reviews

Days of dope and roses

Kind of a low-key "Days of wine and roses," this is hardly a standard 1960's drug film. Director Schroeder (whom one can deduce is represented by Charlie the good-natured street hustler) states initially it's about a friend who died of drug overdose, so we know it's going to be a story of psychic corruption rather than an exploration of the ideals of Timothy Leary. It might seem that Schroeder is really glamorizing drugs simply by example, as well as by showing the sex life of the characters, and by employing a real psychedelic band for the soundtrack. However, Schroeder doesn't show subjective scenes of drug use; the characters trip out in their own world, usually detached from another, and the audience watches like the only sober person at a frat party. Their sex life soon peters out as drugs take over their lives. Using Pink Floyd was probably to attract unwitting youth and drug-users to see (without being preached to) how drugs can kill.

What probably does seem 'standard 1960s' to viewers today is the flat, realistic style of the film which doesn't grab the viewer (unlike the more recent "Sid and Nancy" or "Trainspotting") but was typical of independent and European films of that time. However it's still watchable, and a must for early-Pink Floyd (or "The Pink Floyd", as they're billed in the credits) fans.