3° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Retrospettiva: Junger Deutscher Film 1960-70
EIN UNHEIMLICHER MOMENT
Biography
film director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (Wiesbaden, Germany, 1939) moved to France in 1956 and worked as assistant director to Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais; his 1965 film Young Torless marked the first international success for New German Cinema and won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes. The Tin Drum, based on the novel of the same title by Günter Grass, won the 1979 Palme d’or in Cannes and an Oscar. Many of his movies participated to the most important film festivals around the world: among them, The Ogre was presented in Venice, and won the UNICEF Prize. He has also directed theatre and opera productions, including works by Janácek and Henze.
FILMOGRAFIA
Der junge Törless (I turbamenti del giovane Torless, 1965), Mord und Todschlag (Vivi ma non uccidere, 1966), Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (La spietata legge del ribelle, 1969), Baal (id., tv, 1970), Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass (La morale di Ruth Halbfass, 1972) Strohfeuer (Fuoco di paglia, 1975), Die Blechtrommel (Il tamburo di latta, 1980), Die Fälschung (L’inganno, 1982), The Handmaid’s Tale (Il racconto dell’ancella, 1990), Der Unhold (L’orco, 1996), Die Stille nach dem Schuss (Il silenzio dopo lo sparo, 2000), Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (ep. The Enlightenment, id., cm, 2004), Ulzhan (2007), La mer à l’aube (2011), Diplomatie (2014).
Méditerranée (mm, 1963).
Cast
& Credits
Director assistant: Herbert Rimback.
Director of photography: Werner Kurtz.
Music: Hans Werner Henze.
Sound: Klaus Eckelt.
Editor: Claus von Boro.
Cast: Hansi Kraus (ragazzo), Maria Singer (sua madre).
Production company: Franz Seitz Film.