Synopsis
DOCUMENTARY When Hamburg was cool: even 20 years after his death, underground musician Tobias Gruben is still seen as a rough diamond of German pop culture. A filmic rediscovery. To this day, his bands Cyan Revue and Die Erde inspire bands like Messer and Isolation Berlin, but during his lifetime Tobias Gruben remained an insider tip. At the heart of the music scene at the end of the 1980s, he got high on his love of music and all sorts of drugs. Besides success, he sought above all the recognition of his father. The film illuminates the path of a driven existence, talks to companions like Rocco Schamoni and FM Einheit and revisits the genius Gruben with amongst other things previously unseen footage.
Bio
OLIVER SCHWABE (*1966) has made numerous documentaries. Three of his films, "Bienvenue im Kleidermarkt" (2012), "Die Höhle von Eppendorf" (2016) and "Die Liebe frisst das Leben" (2019) have been shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG
Info
Original Title: Die Liebe frisst das Leben - Tobias Gruben, seine Lieder und die Erde
International Title: Die Liebe frisst das Leben - Tobias Gruben, seine Lieder und die Erde
Category: Documentary feature
Section: Hamburger Filmschau
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director & Screenplay: Oliver Schwabe
Cast/Protagonists: Imogen Gruben, Sebastian Gruben, Florian Langmaack, Heidrun Tuchenhagen, Horst Petersen, Felix Huber, Tobias Levin, Alfred Hilsberg, Peter Sempel, FM Einheit, Rocko Schamoni, Hendrik Otremba und Messer, Paul Pötsch, Timm Völker, Fee Kürten/Tellavision, Tom Schilling, Isolation Berlin und den Stimmen von Gustav Peter Wöhler und Robert Stadlober
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 92 min
Producer: Klaus Maeck, Christian Becker
Production company: Field Recordings Filmproduktion, Interzone Pictures
Cinematography: Nikolas Jürgens
Editor: Christian Becker
Music: Tobias Gruben, Die Erde, Cyan Revue
World Sales: Field Recordings Filmproduktion
Distributor: mindjazz pictures UG
