Querelle (film)
Querelle is a German-French feature film . It was shot in 1982 by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and is based on the novel Querelle (original title: Querelle de Brest ) by Jean Genet . Fassbinder died on June 10, 1982 while the film was being finalized. Querelle was shown at the Venice Film Festival at the end of August ; the film launch in the Federal Republic of Germany was on September 16, 1982.
action
When the windy sailor Georges Querelle arrives in Brest with his ship Vengeur , he visits the brothel Feria , which is run by Lysiane, the lover of Querelle's brother Robert. Querelle murders Vic, an accomplice in his drug smuggling . Through Roger, he met his lover Gil, who murdered his work colleague Theo and is now on the run from the police. Querelle and Gil fall in love; however, Querelle blames his murder on Vic Gil and turns him over to the police.
It is worth mentioning Querelle's homoerotic relationships with Lysiane's husband Nono (Norbert), who is a pub at the Feria. Querelle also has such a relationship with Mario, a police officer, and towards the end with Lieutenant Seblon, whom he serves as a lad on the ship.
In his film, Fassbinder stays very close to the novel. However, he left out the figure of Dédé, a police spy. Unlike in the book, Lieutenant Seblon records his secret diary entries with a voice recorder.
Awards
In 1983 the film was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in several categories :
- Worst film music : music by Peer Raben
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Worst song :
- Each Man Kills The Thing He Love : Music by Peer Raben, text from a poem by Oscar Wilde
- Young and Joyful Bandit : Music by Peer Raben, text by Jeanne Moreau
useful information
- In the film had Axel Bauer a minor role. He released his song Cargo after the film was released . A video was shot in the style of Querelle by Jean-Baptiste Mondino . The title became a huge success in France and sold 700,000 times.
literature
- Jean Genet : Querelle. Novel. (Original title: Querelle de Brest ). German by Ruth Uecker-Lutz . 100th - 102nd thousand. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-11684-7 .
Web links
- Querelle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Querelle , film and background information, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, Berlin
- Querelle at Filmportal.de
- Review by U. Behrens at filmzentrale
- Interview with Fassbinder (1982). (PDF; 85 kB) In the depths of society. In: Protestant film observer. Retrieved June 9, 2018 (June 9, 1982 interview).
- Jeanne Moreau: Each man kills the thing he loves (Song)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sales information in the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)
- ↑ 1983 RAZZIE Nominees & Winners ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 25, 2016.
