Kamikaze 1989

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Movie
Original title Kamikaze 1989
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
original language German
Publishing year 1982
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Wolf Gremm
script Robert Katz ,
Wolf Gremm
production Regina Ziegler
music Edgar Froese
camera Xaver Schwarzenberger
cut Thorsten Näter
occupation

Kamikaze 1989 is a German film by director Wolf Gremm from 1982, which is based on the novel Mord im 31. Stock (original title Mord på 31: a våningen ) by Per Wahlöö . At the center of the shrill dystopia is Police Lieutenant Jansen, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last role before his death in June 1982. The film was shot in Berlin and Düsseldorf.

action

Germany in the near future. The country is rich, all problems seem solved, there is no pollution and unemployment. Alcohol, but z. For example, home-grown vegetables are also banned, there are no more suicides (only "unexpected deaths"), television ensures peace and quiet with programs such as the annual laughing competition (which is ranked alongside Einstein and Napoleon) and the always positive weather report , the police (symbol: fist with extended thumb) with their action against "Prokos" for order. All media are in the hands of a corporation whose management belongs to one and the same family. Only in the comic series of the Blue Panther , which is a caricature of the high-handed company boss, and his adversary Krysmopompas is criticism articulated.

When the company was threatened with a bomb explosion that did not materialize, Lieutenant Jansen was given four days by the police chief to investigate the case. Jansen, an eccentric in a leopard suit and "third degree" alcoholic, is a somewhat squeamish policeman who has solved all of his previous cases.

From the start, the case seems to be related to the mysterious 31st floor of the corporate building. The paper on which the threat was received indicates a person from the company as the perpetrator. After the company's HR manager died an "unexpected death", the CEO's nephew was initially suspected, but Jansen can immediately rule out that he was the perpetrator (but this did not prevent him from using acoustic torture methods). Other suspects are the former company employee Zerling, who is involved in the appearance of the Blue Panther , the television presenter Barbara, also an alcoholic, and the management assistant Elena Farr.

Again and again Jansen is offered the role of crysmopompas by unknown and well-known figures, but Jansen does not really accept it. When Jansen and his assistant MK1 Anton are followed by the CEO's nephew, he is killed in an accident on the autobahn.

Finally, the real perpetrator, the intellectual Weiss, presents himself. He tells Jansen about the 31st floor. There, the last critically thinking publicists are silenced by working on writings whose publications are endlessly delayed. Weiss wrote another threatening letter, but again did not plant a bomb. But the group did that itself to finally silence its already mouthed employees from the 31st floor.

background

The overall rather confused film lives from its details. The premiere in West Germany was on July 16, 1982 - after Fassbinder's death. Two other films about police lieutenant Jansen, which are in the planning stage, were not made because of this.

The drawings by Jansen used in the film and the comic series were made by the Berlin painter Johannes Grützke .

Film music

The film music, which appeared as an album under the film title, was created by Edgar Froese . A piece from the opera buffa The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini was used for the opening and closing credits .

Reviews

  • Lexicon of the international film : “Science fiction crime thriller that denounces the media totalitarianism and consumerism of a near future. Routinely staged and for the most part played convincingly, the film, however, suffers from a lack of stylistic independence. "

Awards

Fantasporto film festival 1984

  • Critics' Prize (Prémio Critica - Menção Especial) for Wolf Gremm
  • Nomination for the international fantasy film award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review of Kamikaze 1989 . Filmzentrale.com; Retrieved February 27, 2010.