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FICTION
Atemnot
Farewell
Käthe Kratz
Vienna in the early eighties: Tina comes from a middle-class family. She attends a private school and actually her biggest
headache ought to be French grammar. But she is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward of the General Hospital after a suicidal
attempt. There, she gets to know Gerhard, an apprentice plumber, who also wanted to do away with himself. He comes from a
working class family. They fall for each other. Discharged from the hospital, their different backgrounds make a partnership
difficult. Gerhard is fired and finds work in a Youth Center where he constructs a badly needed heating system. But he's swiped
the necessary material. The Youth Center is in a middle-class neighborhood and the people there do not approve of them. The
cops storm a rock concert. They are also looking for Gerhard. He and Tina pretend to commit suicide in order to get back to
the General Hospital. This time they are admitted to different wards. They run away, back to the big city.
A documentary love story with the closing of the Youth Center, 'Gassergasse', in the background.
Technical Data | |
Running time: | 95 |
Format: | 35mm |
Screen ratio: | 1:1.66 |
Language spoken: | German |
Production year: | 1984 |
Contact: | epo-film www.epofilm.com |
Credits | |
Director(s): | Käthe Kratz |
Writer(s): | Peter Turrini |
Cinematography: | Christian Berger |
Editing: | Susanne Schett |
Key cast: | Henriette Cejpek, Johannes Silberschneider, Maria Martina, Hubert Kronlachner, Maria Singer, Sigi Maron, Paola Loew, Bernd Spitzer, Andreas Vitasek, Georg Trenkwitz |
Producer: | Käthe Kratz |