Off to Tibet!
Movie | |
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Original title | Off to Tibet! |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1994 |
length | 128 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Herbert Achternbusch |
script | Herbert Achternbusch |
production |
Thomas Kuchenreuther , Herbert Achternbusch, Steffen Kuchenreuther |
music | Herbert Achternbusch, Judit Achternbusch |
camera | Adam Olech |
cut | Micki Joanni |
occupation | |
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Off to Tibet! (Part 1: The Last Illusion , Part 2: It No longer hurts ) is a German tragic comedy by Herbert Achternbusch . The film premiered on February 16, 1994 as part of the Berlinale Forum . The German theatrical release was on April 7, 1994.
action
The unemployed Munich chimney sweeper Hick has an illegitimate child, Su, with the sullen monastery sister. Su admires her father and dreams of a life together in Tibet . After abolishing the church tax, lots of beer and symbolic separation from his wife, Hick can finally “free the earth from himself”: He is struck by lightning on the Viktualienmarkt and Su is stabbed to death by her jealous mother.
Shortly thereafter, both were reborn in Tibet in 1662 and found love for one another through Buddhist enlightenment and contemplation.
criticism
The lexicon of the international film ruled that the film was “inspired by neo-religious Buddhism” and mixed “clever and banal, funny and foolish”. Overall, he is "less cynical than earlier Achternbusch works". The Berlinale's program read: "In a surrealist manner, Achternberg criticizes Catholicism and the growing trend in Tibet."
Web links
- Off to Tibet! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Off to Tibet! at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Off to Tibet! In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Off to Tibet! Movie (1993). In: kino.de . Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Off to Tibet! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 7, 2020 .