Melanio's last love
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Melanio's last love |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Edgar Kaufmann |
| script | Brigitte Bernert |
| production | DEFA on behalf of East German television |
| music | Georg Katzer |
| camera | Peter Brandl |
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Melanio's Last Love is a GDR television film based on the story “The Art of Cooking” by the Chilean writer Omar Saavedra Santis . Some scenes were shot in Bulgaria .
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The unemployed cook Melanio Altolaguirre tells his poor people about feasts he once prepared. His fantastic lectures in the slums are initially promoted by Maria Soledad, the wife of a colonel, under the guise of charity. But Melanio awakens dreams of a better life in the outclassed and turns them against the mighty. Wanted by the police, he is accepted by the widow Rosa Altamira. With her he enjoys happiness that can only last hours. She becomes Melanio's last love.
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“There is a little TV film,“ Melanio's Last Love ”, where I played a cook who didn't have anything to cook with and instead read recipes and made people fun - with nothing in hand. That’s where our profession ultimately comes from: from court jesters, dreamers and fairground fans. "
Web links
- Melanios last love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Melanios last love in the online encyclopedia of television in the GDR