B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989

"If you can remember the 80's, you weren't there!"

2015 1h 34m EN

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7.7

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★7.7TMDB · 48

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Synopsis

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The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything and everything seemed possible.

“If you can remember the 80's, you weren't there!”

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Cast

Mark Reeder
Self
Blixa Bargeld
Self
David Bowie
Self
Eric Burdon
Self
Nick Cave
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Christiane Felscherinow
Self
Gudrun Gut
Self
Keith Haring
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jörg A. Hoppe
Writers: Jörg A. Hoppe, Heiko Lange, Klaus Maeck
Languages: German, English, French
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: German, English, French.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jörg A. Hoppe, shot by Till Vielrose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alexander von Sturmfeder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Mark Reeder and Blixa Bargeld and David Bowie carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If you can remember the 80's, you weren't there!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4291066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jörg A. Hoppe directs. Till Vielrose behind the camera. Alexander von Sturmfeder cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German, English, French.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: German, English, French.
3Directed by Jörg A. Hoppe, shot by Till Vielrose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Alexander von Sturmfeder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Mark Reeder and Blixa Bargeld and David Bowie carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "If you can remember the 80's, you weren't there!".
7IMDB entry: tt4291066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.