This German movie was made in 1969 Munich, and it does not pretend to be anywhere or anytime else. Yet it offers a kind of feminist "science-fiction" which still appears unreal some 38 years later: women are fully self-conscious, they may deal with men, but shoot them about five days later.
Thomas (Marquard Bohm) arrives at a women four-some, knowing Peggy (Uschi Obermaier) from earlier in Hamburg, and moves in to their place. Slowly getting to know the women and finding out about the ongoings, he ends in a grand shoot-out together with Peggy.
Uschi Obermaier was a major sex symbol and "super-groupie" of the German 1968 generation. In her movie contract it was stipulated that her friend Rainer Langhans (one of the prime movers of Kommune 1 in Berlin) be present at the set at all times, a four-day working week, and paid flights Munich - Berlin and back every week for the two.
When you watch this film, try to empathize the times back then, which were very different from now. Also consider that this film totally omits the police/state/government aspect: several shootings occur, and are reported in the tabloid news, but no investigation happens. This "thriller" is mostly about female-male relationships and conflicts in those times, and it sure gave me food for thought. The tragic ending cuts the story a bit too short, in my opinion. But the imagery, of Starnberg Lake and its surroundings, made a very strong impact on me.
And there's so much flair of the times - fashions, haircuts, music, the cars... A Volkswagen Beetle plays an almost major role (very different from Love Bug though), and black Mercedes taxis also have two memorable scenes (especially when three meet). I admit that this movie was, and today still is odd (i.e. unconventional), but it fascinated me. I'll watch it again. And for history: the long-haired student who claims that "weather may be changed if needed" (what's happening now, BTW?) was Hark Bohm (Marquard Bohm's brother) in his first role, who later grew to much greater fame in German cinema.
Thomas (Marquard Bohm) arrives at a women four-some, knowing Peggy (Uschi Obermaier) from earlier in Hamburg, and moves in to their place. Slowly getting to know the women and finding out about the ongoings, he ends in a grand shoot-out together with Peggy.
Uschi Obermaier was a major sex symbol and "super-groupie" of the German 1968 generation. In her movie contract it was stipulated that her friend Rainer Langhans (one of the prime movers of Kommune 1 in Berlin) be present at the set at all times, a four-day working week, and paid flights Munich - Berlin and back every week for the two.
When you watch this film, try to empathize the times back then, which were very different from now. Also consider that this film totally omits the police/state/government aspect: several shootings occur, and are reported in the tabloid news, but no investigation happens. This "thriller" is mostly about female-male relationships and conflicts in those times, and it sure gave me food for thought. The tragic ending cuts the story a bit too short, in my opinion. But the imagery, of Starnberg Lake and its surroundings, made a very strong impact on me.
And there's so much flair of the times - fashions, haircuts, music, the cars... A Volkswagen Beetle plays an almost major role (very different from Love Bug though), and black Mercedes taxis also have two memorable scenes (especially when three meet). I admit that this movie was, and today still is odd (i.e. unconventional), but it fascinated me. I'll watch it again. And for history: the long-haired student who claims that "weather may be changed if needed" (what's happening now, BTW?) was Hark Bohm (Marquard Bohm's brother) in his first role, who later grew to much greater fame in German cinema.