Synopse
The GDR in 1961 was a rather joyless place. When two kids establish a fan club for a rock'n'roll musician, authorities prick up their ears. The youngsters protest against the Berlin Wall, scribble graffiti, even burn down a barn. The government puts on a stage trial. The verdict: imprisonment for life. 14 years later they are bought out by the West German government. Based on a true story with no fairy-tale ending.
Regie
NIKI STEIN (*1961) has made numerous episodes of Tatort and award-winning TV films like Bis nichts mehr bleibt [Until Nothing Remains] (2010) and Rommel (2012). In 2015, his film Öl – Die Wahrheit über den Untergang der DDR was shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG
Info
Original Title: Die Todesautomatik
International Title: Die Todesautomatik
Category: Feature
Section: TV Spielfilme im Kino
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director: Niki Stein
Screenplay: Wieland Bauder, Niki Stein
Cast/Protagonists: Stephan Kampwirth, Misel Maticevic, Loretta Pflaum
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Length: 89 min
Producer: Johannes Pollmann
Production company: Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft mbH
Cinematography: Arthur W. Ahrweiler
Editor: Barbara Hennings
Production Design: Benedikt Herforth
Distributor: ZDF/Arte
