
Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence
GER 2020, 124 min
Christoph Schlingensief’s “Heimat” films, performance art, installations and provocative theatrical, television, operatic and artistic productions shaped the cultural and political discourse in Germany for two decades. SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE is the first film that attempts to exhaustively document the vast spectrum of this exceptional artist’s oeuvre.
Synopsis
SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE focuses on Christoph Schlingensief as a “family person” (Schlingensief on Schlingensief) who dealt equally with his relationship to his parents and his relationship to Germany in his work. The film traces his development from pubescent filmmaker with an artistic bloodlust to revolutionary stage director in Berlin and Bayreuth, and, ultimately, to Germany’s “national artist”, who was purportedly venerated by all and invited to create the German Pavilion for the 2011 Venice Biennale. 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).
Aktuell
NOW available for free at ARD Mediathek until October 20th! (In German only.)
Streaming-Info
Rent or buy the movie on our Vimeo channel. For other providers, see “Watch Movie”.Language: German, Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Awards and Festivals
- Berlinale Panorama 2020- Nominated for Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing- Cine Alemán Madrid 2020- DOK.fest München 2020- Brisbane International Film Festival 2020- Territory Film Festival Moscow 2020- Das Filmfest Prague & Brno 2020- Viennale 2020- Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020- Free Zone Belgrade, Human Rights Film Festival 2020- Doclisboa 2021- Deutscher Kamerapreis 2021 - Bester Schnitt- Bayerischer Filmpreis 2021 - Bester Dokumentarfilm- Art Cinema OFFoff Gent 2021- Randfilmfest Kassel 2021- Deutsche Filmwoche - Goethe-Institut Mexiko 2021- Segal Film Festival on Theatre and Performance 2024
Credits
Director and ScreenplayBettina BöhlerEditorBettina BöhlerWithChristoph 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.Script CounsellingAngelina MaccaroneResearch and Assistant Lydia AnemüllerSound DesignDaniel IribarrenSound MixerAdrian BaumeisterProducerFrieder Schlaich, Irene von AlbertiProduced by Filmgalerie 451In Coproduction with Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (Rolf Bergmann) und Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Jutta Krug)Founded byDie Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Deutscher FilmförderfondsWorld premiere02/21/2020Theatrical release (GER)08/20/2020
DVD-Details
Special Edition with all short films & extras - 2 DVDsDVD 1"Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence" (2020, 125 min)ExtrasInterviews with Bettina Böhler and Helge Schneider (2020, 17min), trailerDVD 2All short film by Christoph Schlingensief: „Mein 1. Film“ (1968, 10 min) / „Die Schulklasse“ (1969, 13 min) / „Mensch Mami, wir dreh’n ’nen Film“ (1977, 21 min) / „Für Elise“ (1982, 2 min) / „Wie würden Sie entscheiden?“ (1982, 4 min) / „Phantasus muss anders werden“ (1983, 9 min) / „What happened to Magdalena Jung?“ (1983, 13 min) / „Bemerkungen I“ (1984, 7 min) / „Bye Bye“ (1985, 6 min) / „My Wife in 5“ (1985, 13 min) / „Die Schlacht der Idioten“ (1986, 21 min)Extras„Christoph Schlingensief und seine Filme“ (Interview film by Frieder Schlaich, 2004, 77 min)LanguageGermanSubtitlesDVD 1: Arabic, Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (extras without subtitles)DVD 2: EnglishCountry CodeCode-freeSystemPAL / B/WLength125 min + 213 min ExtrasAspect Ratio16:9Sound FormatDD 2.0Set-ContentDigipack (Set Content: 1), poster (A3)RatingFrom 16 years
Distribution Details
Distribution Germany
Weltkino Filmverleih
International Distribution
Filmgalerie 451