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Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb

  • 20052005
  • 1h 32m
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Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb (2005)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Germany, 1986: Niels, 17, and his mother Hanne leave Bremen to live in a rural hippie community after her divorce. While Hanne falls in love with Peter, the guru, her son doesn't like him an... Read allGermany, 1986: Niels, 17, and his mother Hanne leave Bremen to live in a rural hippie community after her divorce. While Hanne falls in love with Peter, the guru, her son doesn't like him and their new life at all. Then, Niels gets to know Martina, the mayor's daughter, and start... Read allGermany, 1986: Niels, 17, and his mother Hanne leave Bremen to live in a rural hippie community after her divorce. While Hanne falls in love with Peter, the guru, her son doesn't like him and their new life at all. Then, Niels gets to know Martina, the mayor's daughter, and starts supporting the militant opponents of a nuclear power craft near the village. Suddenly, t... Read all
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  • Director
    • Lars Jessen
  • Writers
    • Ingo Haeb
    • Kai Hensel
    • Lars Jessen
  • Stars
    • Gabriela Maria Schmeide
    • Franz Dinda
    • Peter Lohmeyer
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  • Director
    • Lars Jessen
  • Writers
    • Ingo Haeb
    • Kai Hensel
    • Lars Jessen
  • Stars
    • Gabriela Maria Schmeide
    • Franz Dinda
    • Peter Lohmeyer
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Gabriela Maria Schmeide
    • Hanneas Hanne
    Franz Dinda
    • Nielsas Niels
    Peter Lohmeyer
    Peter Lohmeyer
    • Peteras Peter
    Richy Müller
    Richy Müller
    • Eckardtas Eckardt
    Luise Helm
    • Martinaas Martina
    Nina Petri
    Nina Petri
    • Gesineas Gesine
    Eva Kryll
    • Ellias Elli
    Falk Rockstroh
    Falk Rockstroh
    • Waltheras Walther
    Bernhard Petersen
    • Heinas Hein
    Peter Heinrich Brix
    Peter Heinrich Brix
    • Prestinas Prestin
    Jens Münchow
    Jens Münchow
    • Raketeas Rakete
    Marion Breckwoldt
    • Dörteas Dörte
    Jan Peter Heyne
    • Bauer Frahmas Bauer Frahm
    Lisa Maria Potthoff
    Lisa Maria Potthoff
    • Danias Dani
    Lars Gärtner
    Lars Gärtner
    • Oliveras Oliver
    Barbara Focke
    • Omaas Oma
    Ulrich von Bock
    • Opaas Opa
    Ingo Haeb
    • Rallekas Rallek
    • Director
      • Lars Jessen
    • Writers
      • Ingo Haeb
      • Kai Hensel
      • Lars Jessen
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    • Trivia
      The title refers to April 29, 1986, the day that German television aired Swan Song (1985), the Season Eight finale of Dallas (1978) in which Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) was killed by his sister-in-law Katherine Wentworth (Morgan Brittany). The Chernobyl nuclear accident had occurred three days earlier.
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    Bye, Bye Miss German Cheesecake
    This movie is a fictionalised re-narration of director and co-author Peter Jessen's experience of being dragged to a rural commune by his drop-out mother, and as such it's probably a lot more accurate than a docu-miniseries about the beginnings of the alternative/eco movement -- viz, the Mueslis, as they were so cruelly and accurately dubbed in German. Jessen achieves this by eschewing the two pitfalls of this genre, smarmy those-were-the-days nostalgia and cheap ridicule of a bunch of folks who were, at the very least, active idealists, albeit in often very smelly socks.

    (Tidbit information for neophytes: Why didn't they just wash the damn socks? Well, sheep wool was considered to be so vibrantly, wholesomely natural that not only does it clean itself, but you would actually be destroy its magical self-cleaning properties by placing them in the suds. I'm not making this up -- my mother had apparently read the same book, which afforded me olfactory properties that didn't exactly enhance my social standing among my peers.)

    The acting is absolutely exceptional down to the minor characters, and overall it's a wonderfully understated movie. It expects you to bring a lot of curiosity and a modicum of sympathy along, though -- if you think hippies are a bunch of commie bleeding-heart tree-huggers then you are probably better off watching something else -- Dallas, for instance.
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    • Release date
      • June 2, 2005 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Courant alternatif
    • Filming locations
      • Bollen, Achim, Lower Saxony, Germany
    • Production companies
      • ARTE
      • Neue Mira Filmproduktion
      • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
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      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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