Rock me Falco
Mass-appeal US films may dominate today’s line-up of releases, but they face serious competition in the form of a film about cult Austrian pop star Falco, who died in the Caribbean in 1998 in a car accident whose circumstances remain unclear.
Thomas Roth’s Falco – Verdammt, wir leben noch! [+see also:
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The flamboyant artist is played by Manuel Rubey, who stars alongside Christian Tramitz in the role of the manager. Falco – co-produced by Vienna-based MR-Film and Germany’s EOS Entertainment – is released in Germany by Drei-Freunde.
W-Film are launching André Schäfer’s German documentary Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid, which bears the sub-title "My Little German Revolution". The film is based on Richard David Precht’s eponymous autobiography about his childhood steeped in the ideals of the May 1968 generation.
The line-up also includes a German/US co-production: Robert Altman’s Dr. T and the Women (2000), which is released by Croco Film.
European film is also represented by Ferzan Ozpetek’s Italian/French/Turkish feature Saturn in Opposition (distributed by Pro-Fun) and UK production Cassandra ‘s Dreams [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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