Christoph Schlingensief – Germany trilogy (Special Edition)

DVD 1 – 100 YEARS OF ADOLF HITLER - The Last Hours in the Führer's Bunker
Christoph Schlingensief, GER 1989, 52 min (25 fps) + 47 min Extras
His fifth feature, 100 Years of Adolf Hitler, filmed in one night, is the first part of his Germany trilogy. One light, one day, one führer, five men, four women, torn from the darkness by a spotlight. We see the last hour in the führer's bunker, as it really was – incest, intrigue, uproar and turmoil. – With Margit Carstensen, Volker Spengler, Alfred Edel, Udo Kier, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Andreas Kunze, Brigitte Kausch-Kuhlbrodt, Marie-Lou Sellem, Asia Verdi
Extras: „My Wife in 5“ (short film, 1985, 14 min), Interview with Christoph Schlingensief (2002, 14 min), Interview with Cinematographer Voxi Bärenklau (2010, 11 min), TV report about Christoph Schlingensief (1987, 8 min), Schlingensief trailer, 16-page booklet with the poster, original documents, interview, script excerpts, biography and photos. – Language: German, Subtitles: English, Danish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish (All Extras without Subtitles), Aspect Ratio: 16:9, B/W, Sound: DD 2.0

DVD 2 – THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - The First Hour of Reunification
Christoph Schlingensief, GER 1990, 60 min (25 fps) + 63 min Extras
His sixth feature, The German Chainsaw Massacre, is the second part of his Germany trilogy. The news of the fall of the Wall awakens the uninhibited bloodlust of a West German butcher family. In a neglected hotel kitchen they slaughter citizens of the former GDR; German reunification as a blood-drenched, cannibalistic act of the West incorporating the East. – With Susanne Bredehöft, Artur Albrecht, Volker Spengler, Alfred Edel, Brigitte Kausch-Kuhlbrodt, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Reinald Schnell, Udo Kier, Irm Hermann a.o.
Extras: „Ich rieche Menschenfleisch“ (I smell human flesh, dctp.tv, 1993, 24 min – English subtitles), Historical location video (1989, 5 min), Interview with Christoph Schlingensief (2002, 15 min), Interview with scenographer Uli Hanisch (2010, 19 min), Schlingensief trailer, Poster booklet with the poster (A3), original documents, interview, script excerpts, biography and photos. – Language: German, Subtitles: English, French, Polish, Spanish, Aspect Ratio: 16:9, Color, Sound: DD 2.0

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DVD 3 – TERROR 2000 - Intensive Care Unit Germany
Christoph Schlingensief, GER 1992, 73 min (25 fps) + 103 min Extras
His seventh feature, Terror 2000, concludes his Germany trilogy: Germany in the Kohl era, year one after Rostock. Two fugitive gangsters who torture asylum seekers in a small East German town are pursued by two criminal detectives and a media mob hungry for a sensational story. West German neo-Nazis and local politicians try to exploit the attacks; based on the Gladbeck hostage drama. – With Margit Carstensen, Peter Kern, Susanne Bredehöft, Alfred Edel, Udo Kier, Artur Albrecht, Kalle Mews, Brigitte Kausch-Kuhlbrodt, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Christoph Schlingensief a.o.
Extras: „Der Mann zwischen den Zeiten“: Alfred Edel, der Verwandlungskünstler (dctp.tv, 15 min), Interview with Christoph Schlingensief (2002, 14 min), Interview with Oskar Roehler (2006, 7 min), Interview with Matthias Lilienthal (2010, 20 min), Interview with Bettina Böhler (2010, 9 min), Video snippets from Christoph Schlingensief's VHS archive (1992/93, 38 min), Schlingensief trailer, Poster booklet with the poster (A3), original documents and photos. – Language: German, Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish (All extras without subtitles), Aspect Ratio: 16:9, Color, Sound: DD 2.0

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DVD 4 & 5 – SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE (Special Edition with all short films)
Bettina Böhler, GER 2020, 125 min
A film about the film, theater director and action artist, who died in 2010 at the age of 49, and the first attempt to document the vast spectrum of this exceptional artist’s oeuvre. Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence explores Schlingensief’s untiring, and ultimately inexhaustible, love-hate relationship to Germany, to its high culture, and to its petite-bourgeoisie sentiments – which he attributed to himself more than anyone else – via scenes of East Germans being made into sausage, shouts of “Kill Helmut Kohl!” (documenta X) and an attempt to rehabilitate Wagner (PARSIFAL).

DVD 1
Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence (2020, 125 min) – With Christoph Schlingensief, Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Volker Spengler, Alfred Edel, Udo Kier, Sophie Rois, Bernhard Schütz, Kerstin Grassmann, Helge Schneider, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Susanne Bredehöft, Tilda Swinton, Artur Albrecht, Achim von Paczenzky, Helga Stöwhase, Sebastian Rudolph a.o.
Extras: Interviews with Bettina Böhler and Helge Schneider (2020, 17min), Trailer, Poster booklet with the poster (A3) – Language: German, Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (All extras without subtitles), Aspect Ratio: 16:9, Color / B/W, Sound: DD 2.0

DVD 2
All short films by Christoph Schlingensief: „Mein 1. Film“ (My 1st Film – 1968, 10 min) / „Die Schulklasse“ (The School Class – 1969, 13 min) / „Mensch Mami, wir dreh’n ’nen Film“ (Hey Mummy, we’re making a Movie – 1977, 21 min) / „Für Elise“ (For Elise – 1982, 2 min) / „Wie würden Sie entscheiden?“ (What would you decide? – 1982, 4 min) / „Phantasus muss anders werden“ (Phantasus Must Change – 1983, 9 min) / „What happened to Magdalena Jung?“ (1983, 13 min) / „Bemerkungen I“ (Observations I – 1984, 7 min) / „Bye Bye“ (1985, 6 min) / „My Wife in 5“ (1985, 13 min) / „Die Schlacht der Idioten“ (Battle of the Idiots – 1986, 21 min)
Extras: „Christoph Schlingensief und seine Filme“ (Christoph Schlingensief and his Films – Interview film by Frieder Schlaich, 2004, 77 min) – Language: German, Subtitles: English, Aspect Ratio: 16:9, Color / B/W, Sound: DD 2.0