48 Stunden bis Acapulco

BR Deutschland 1967 Spielfilm

Summary

Klaus Lemke′s first feature-length film depicts the odyssey of dropout Frank Murnau from Schliersee via Rome to Acapulco. Actually, he could have led an easy life. Monika, the daughter of a rich factory owner is in love with him, but unsettled Frank finally opts for jet set beauty Laura: by choosing her, he also chooses independence, which he otherwise fears to lose.
He is looking for adventure, attempts to get rich by revealing industry secrets and tries to secure a place among the rich by emulating the style he learned from American gangster movies. But soon he′s in over his head, since he can not escape his own past.

 

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Duration:
2217 m, 81 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 30.11.1967, München, Filmcasino;
Aufführung (DE): 24.05.1968, Hof, Internationale Filmtage

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) 48 Stunden bis Acapulco

Versions

Original

Duration:
2217 m, 81 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 30.11.1967, München, Filmcasino;
Aufführung (DE): 24.05.1968, Hof, Internationale Filmtage

Prüffassung

Duration:
1904 m, 70 min
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.09.1967, 38040, ab 18 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Awards

Bambi 1968
  • künstlerisch wertvollster deutscher Film 1967 (ex aequo >Chronik der Anna-Magdalena Bach<)