San Domingo (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | San Domingo |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 138 minutes |
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| Director | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
| script | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
| music | Amon Düül II |
| camera | Christian Blackwood |
| cut | Ingrid Fisher |
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San Domingo is a film by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg from 1970. The story, an adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's novella The Engagement in St. Domingo , takes place in Munich's hippie and rocker milieu. The film is shot in black and white with a handheld documentary camera. The performers are mostly lay people.
action
Michi fled his extremely wealthy and extremely blasé family to a rocker commune in the countryside near Munich. When the rockers learn that he comes from a wealthy family, they put Alice on him and deceive his parents into kidnapping by demanding a ransom for him. Hasi, the leader of the rockers, is the driving force.
Michi and Alice spend a lot of time together and fall in love. You can see them looking for a job, rioting in a supermarket, searching in vain for a boarding house for an unmarried couple and having an excess of hash in a hippie commune.
When Alice gets her share of the ransom, Michi sees through the devious game. Nevertheless, he wants to stay with the rockers, but is chased away by them. He comes back and stabs Alice. When he learns from Hasi that Alice really loved him, he kills himself too. The film ends with wild motorcycle rides on Upper Bavarian country roads, accompanied by the sound of Amon Düül II.
The actual plot is repeatedly interrupted by documentary discussions, for example between the rockers who are completing their vocational training despite the repression by the teachers, or between the rockers and members of the "Red Cell German Studies Munich" about violence and resistance.
Awards
1971 German Film Award for Best Cinematography (Christian Blackwood) and Best Film Music ( Amon Düül II )
criticism
"A misunderstood film by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, which despite its potential cannot be found in any 1968 retrospective."
"A curious experiment, which however neither reveals the literary original nor has the alleged social authenticity."
"The seldom shown film is not only an unusual example of the New German Film of this era, but also a fascinating contemporary document from Munich in the early 1970s."
“Suspended from the story are the special sociological positions of rockers, thugs and left-wing students. Despite unnecessary excess lengths and formal weaknesses, it is an interesting undertaking. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief information and publications of the Red Cells Munich at mao-projekt.de [1]
- ↑ Detailed review by Michael Kienzl on critic.de: [2]
- ^ San Domingo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ tvprogramm24.com: [3] ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 490/1970.
Web links
- San Domingo in the Internet Movie Database (English)