Tunguska – The Crates Are Here

GER 1984, 71 min

Schlingensief’s way of getting even with German avant-garde film.

Synopsis

Three avant-guarde researchers on the road to North Pole. Their plan: expose Eskimos to their films. Torture can come in many forms... Schlingensief’s feature film debut marks the first of many collaborations with New German Cinema legend Alfred Edel!

TUNGUSKA is part of the “Trilogie zur Filmkritik – Film als Neurose”, which also includes the two short films PHANTASUS MUST CHANGE and WHAT HAPPENED TO MAGDALENA JUNG.

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Language: German, Subtitles: English

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Press reviews

A turbulent, eccentric take on narrative cinema, on film history, on the Theory of Seeing and the science that obstructs access to pleasure through art. (Peter W. Jansen)

The ultimate reckoning with 60s’s avant-garde cinema! (epd Film)

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Awards and Festivals

- Internationale Hofer Filmtage 1984

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Credits

Director and Screenplay
Christoph Schlingensief
With
Irene Fischer, Mathias Colli, Alfred Edel, Anna Fechter, Vladimir Konetzny, Norbert Schliewe, Volker Bertzky, Christoph Krieg (Christoph Schlingensief)
Director of Photography
Dominikus Probst
Assistant Camera
Thomas Göttemann
Sound
Andreas Wölki
Editor
Barbara Lamsfuß
Set Decorator
Bertram Strauß
Lightning Design
Reinold Specks
Costume Design
Julia Strauß
Special Effects
Norbert Schliewe, Christoph Schlingensief
Drum
Baba Yoro Diop, Christoph Gerozissis, Mathias Colli
Organ
Christoph Schlingensief
Youth Orchestra Director
Wolfgang Dehnert
Team Support
Gerhard Fechter
Film Laboratory
Hadeko / Neuss
Sound Mixer
Hadeko / Herr Bontsch
Script
Eckhard Kuchenbecker
Production Coordinator
Ralf Malwitz
Production Manager
Edgar Cox
Produced by
DEM FILM, Christoph Schlingensief

DVD-Details

Restored film, 2K scan, original theatrical version
Extras
"Phantasus Go Home" (1983, 9 min – English subtitles), „What happened to Magdalena Jung?“ (1983, 13 min – English subtitles), Interview with Christoph Schlingensief (2002, 15 min), Alexander Kluge in conversation with Christoph Schlingensief (1996, 45 min), TV report about Christoph Schlingensief (1986, 16mm, 8 min), trailer
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color
Length
72 min (25 fps) + 90 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
DD 2.0
Set-Content
Digipack (Set Content: 1), 28-page booklet with film poster, original documents, interview, biography and photos
Release date
22.10.2021
Rating
From 12 years

Distribution Details

Screening Format
DCP (2K, 24 fps, 5.1)
Blu-ray Disc
16mm (Mono, contact Deutsche Kinemathek)
Aspect Ratio
16mm, 1:1,38
Language
German
Subtitles
English (DCP, BD)
Promotion Material
A1 poster (rent only)
License Area
Worldwide
Rating
From 12 years

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