Schonzeit für Füchse

BR Deutschland 1965/1966 Spielfilm

Summary

No Shooting Time for Foxes

Two old school friends, both in their late twenties. One lives on his parent’s rural estate and does nothing; the other half-heartedly pursues work as a journalist in Dusseldorf. While he allows himself to be lulled by the stifling petty bourgeoisie of his mother-in-law to be, he also enjoys the baronial hunting parties in the country. With their indifferent attitude, the two make cynical and blasé comments about prevailing conventions – the ones they’ll never break away from …

Precisely located in place via documentary images, and in time with a reference to "the new Godard" ("Une femme est une femme", 1961), "Schonzeit für Füchse" is a milieu study that recaps the end of the Adenauer era for the petty and grand bourgeoisie in the lower Rhine region. Criticism of the continuity of handed-down authority was clearly evident in scenes of the hunt, with the hunters’ soldierly demeanour and its military rituals. As a hunting author who is as brutish as he is sentimental, the former star of Ufa films Willy Birgel emblematically embodies "the stable, restorative self-assurance of the forefathers" (Günter Seuren), against which the young men had, at the time, no chance.

Source: 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

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Credits

Director

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Editing

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Duration:
2516 m, 92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.03.1966, 35349, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1966, Berlin, IFF

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Schonzeit für Füchse

Versions

Original

Duration:
2516 m, 92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.03.1966, 35349, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1966, Berlin, IFF

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1966
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste weibliche Nebenrolle
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Musik