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Ticket of No Return

Original title: Bildnis einer Trinkerin
  • 19791979
  • 1h 48m
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6.6/10
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Ticket of No Return (1979)
Drama
A woman presented as a "trinkerin" is having a special tour in Berlin. She bought herself a single-way ticket and will drink everywhere she can.A woman presented as a "trinkerin" is having a special tour in Berlin. She bought herself a single-way ticket and will drink everywhere she can.A woman presented as a "trinkerin" is having a special tour in Berlin. She bought herself a single-way ticket and will drink everywhere she can.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
496
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    • Ulrike Ottinger
    • Ulrike Ottinger
  • Stars
    • Tabea Blumenschein
    • Lutze
    • Magdalena Montezuma
    • Ulrike Ottinger
    • Ulrike Ottinger
  • Stars
    • Tabea Blumenschein
    • Lutze
    • Magdalena Montezuma
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    • 4User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Tabea Blumenschein in Ticket of No Return (1979)
    Tabea Blumenschein in Ticket of No Return (1979)
    Tabea Blumenschein in Ticket of No Return (1979)
    Tabea Blumenschein and Lutze in Ticket of No Return (1979)
    Tabea Blumenschein in Ticket of No Return (1979)
    Tabea Blumenschein in Ticket of No Return (1979)
    Tabea Blumenschein in Ticket of No Return (1979)

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    Tabea Blumenschein
    • Sie
    Lutze
    • Trinkerin vom Zoo
    Magdalena Montezuma
    Magdalena Montezuma
    • Soziale Frage
    Orpha Termin
    • Exakte Statistik
    Monika von Cube
    • Gesunder Menschenverstand
    Paul Glauer
    • Zwerg
    Nina Hagen
    Nina Hagen
    • Sängerin in Taxifahrerkneipe
    Günter Meisner
    Günter Meisner
    • Direktor Willi
    Kurt Raab
    Kurt Raab
    • Chef
    Volker Spengler
    Volker Spengler
    • Transvestit
    Eddie Constantine
    Eddie Constantine
    • Küstler
    Ginka Steinwachs
    Mercedes Vostell
    Wolf Vostell
    Raúl Gimenez
    Ila von Hasperg
    Martin Kippenberger
    • Bürochef
    Ulrike Ottinger
    Ulrike Ottinger
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      • Ulrike Ottinger
      • Ulrike Ottinger
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      When 'Sie' and the homeless woman are thrown out of the Cafe Möhring, 'Sie' is wearing yellow pumps. When they arrive at 'Sie's hotel, they have become white pumps.

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    7/10
    Leaving Berlin
    A posh aristocrat's drunken shuffle through the post-modern, post-structuralist wasteland of post-war Berlin signifies a repudiation of modern ethics and expectations... Prost! Language is no longer a viable method of communication. Excess is no longer a privilege of the upper class. Modernity's failed pledge for unity built on the preservation of logic and ambition has resulted in the celebration of resignation and the descent into hedonistic splendor. To act irrationally, to reject rational thought, is the only logical continuation in the wake of twentieth-century horrors. The appeal for harmony and beauty through art and culture has been replaced by the promise of temporary happiness and decadence through hollow consumerism; "pleasure gained not by aggression but by regression." The film poses the question: which is worse? External destruction or spiritual dilution; one is the product of the other, and both are roads that lead to the annihilation of individualism. Ticket to No Return is a beautifully shot and artfully imagined film that is simultaneously profound and ludicrous. Its incessant absurdity is both endearing and insufferable, revealing and isolating. By no means is it thoroughly enjoyable, though it does present the viewer with rich aesthetics and a thought-provoking narrative.
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      • October 27, 1979 (Portugal)
      • West Germany
      • German
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Cafe Möhring, Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Autorenfilm-Produktionsgemeinschaft
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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    • 1 hour 48 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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