Gorilla Bathes at Noon
Deutschland
Jugoslawien
1991-1993
Spielfilm
The wall has fallen and Soviet major Viktor Borisovitch Lazutkin finds himself alone, left behind in reunited Berlin by his army. As if that weren't enough, his wife in Russia has also left him, taking their child with her. Makavejev deftly juxtaposes this absurd though fundamentally mundane story with archive materials, documentary fragments and scenes from "The Fall of Berlin", a Stalinist agitprop film from the year 1949. He exposes the brutality of Stalinism, beheads Lenin in the end and carries Soviet socialism to its grave.
Source: goEast film festival 2019
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Victor Borisovich
- Miki Miki / Lenin
- Deutsches Mädchen
- Trandafil
- Polizeibeamter
- Miki Mikis Mutter
- Penner
- Penner
- Türke
- Frau Schmidt
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Set design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Audio mixing
Special effects
Music
Cast
- Victor Borisovich
- Miki Miki / Lenin
- Deutsches Mädchen
- Trandafil
- Polizeibeamter
- Miki Mikis Mutter
- Penner
- Penner
- Türke
- Frau Schmidt
- Dealer
- Journalist
Production company
Unit production manager
Location manager
Funding
Shoot
- 1991 - 1992: Berlin
Duration:
83 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor (?), Ton
Screening:
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 08.11.1994, Arte
Titles
Additional titles
- Originaltitel (YU) Gorila se kupa u podne
- Originaltitel (DE) Gorilla Bathes at Noon
Versions
Original
Duration:
83 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor (?), Ton
Screening:
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 08.11.1994, Arte