Die Hamburger Krankheit / Arthaus ; Regie, Peter Fleischmann ; Buch, Peter Fleischmann, Roland Topor, Otto Jägersberg.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fleischmann, Peter, 1937- film director, screenwriter.

Topor, Roland, 1938-1997, screenwriter.

Jägersberg, Otto, screenwriter.

Griem, Helmut, actor.

Arrabal, Fernando, actor.

Seiser, Carline, actor.

Prückner, Tilo, actor.

Arthaus Video (Firm), publisher.

Kinowelt Home Entertainment GmbH, publisher.

Filmverlag der Autoren.

Series:

Filmverlag der Autoren Edition.

Filmverlag der Autoren Edition

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Viruses--Germany--Drama.

Viruses.

Medical scientists--Germany--Drama.

Medical scientists.

Germany.

Genre:

Feature films -- Germany.

Disaster films.

Drama.

Science fiction films.

Motion pictures, German.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Leipzig : Arthaus : Kinowelt, ©2009.

Language Note:

German dialogue.

System Details:

DVD, PAL, Region 2; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Summary:

"An imaginative, symbolic drama with political overtones, Die Hamburger Krankheit postulates an affliction that is attacking the citizenry in Hamburg and threatening to spread like the bubonic plague. By coincidence, there is a medical conference taking place in the city at the time of the outbreak, and one of the doctors (Helmut Griem) does not agree with the others about how to cure the illness. Then this doctor and several others start heading South, presumably to escape the affliction. Along the way, they encounter many strange events, are stopped by "disinfectant" crews, some are gunned down, and others sell out their ideals. In the end, this undefined affliction could be of the moral variety, or philosophical, or political, or not, adding nuances to the unfolding events."--Allmovie

Participant:

Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner.

Credits:

Camera, Colin Mounier; editing, Susan Zinowsky.

Notes:

Aspect ratio: 1,66:1 (Letterbox).

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Mystfest, 1980, Best Direction, Peter Fleischmann.

Special features: "Herbst der Gammier", interview mit Peter Fleischmann; Zeichnungen von Jean-Claude Carrière; stills gallery; Presseheft als PDF

Contains:

Herbst der Gammier.

OCLC:

390703094

Publisher Number:

501726 Kinowelt