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White Star

BR Deutschland 1981-1983 Spielfilm

In the early 1980s, the has-been music manager Kenneth Barlow who once organized tours for the Rolling Stones desperately tries to return to the music industry and to land another success by turning an unknown musician into an overnight star. For this endeavor, he finds the mousy and easily susceptible synthie-pop musician Moody Mudinsky. Barlow′s plan for Moody is to supersede the punk movement with his "Future" slogan. But ultimately, Barlow is only interested in the headlines Moody is generating. Thus, he stages a brawl during a concert, announces a tour and starts a big marketing campaign. At the campaign’s peak, Barlow wants to stage an assassination attempt on his protégé. But the situation gets out of hand, and a young girl is killed.

 

Credits

Director

  • Roland Klick

Screenplay

  • Roland Klick
  • Karen Jaehne-Lathan

Director of photography

  • Jürgen Jürges

Editing

  • Eva Schlensag

Music

  • Bernhard Jobski
  • Klaus Buhler (Computermusik)
  • Ottomar Bergler (Computer Music System)
  • Roland Klick (Musik-Collagen)
  • Eva Schlensag (Musik-Collagen)
  • Ramona Sweeney (Lieder)

Cast

  • Dennis Hopper
    Kenneth Barlow
  • Terrance Robay
    Moody Mudinsky
  • Ramona Sweeney
    Mascha
  • David Hess
    Frank
  • Peter Kybart
    Frank
  • Robert Rice
    George
  • Eric Engbretson
    Discjockey
  • Salina
    Tänzerin
  • Shawn Lawton
    Chef der Eurosound
  • Jinny Peak
    kreischende Mutter

Production company

  • Roland Klick Filmproduktion (Berlin)
  • Maran Film GmbH & Co. KG (München-Geiselgasteig)
  • Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) (Stuttgart)

Producer

  • Roland Klick
  • Bertram Vetter

Alle Credits

Director

  • Roland Klick

Assistant director

  • Thilo von Arnim
  • Berno Kürten

Screenplay

  • Roland Klick
  • Karen Jaehne-Lathan

Co-author

  • Thilo von Arnim

Adaptation

  • Karen Jaehne-Lathan (Amerikanische Adaptation)

Director of photography

  • Jürgen Jürges

Assistant camera

  • Hans-Günther Bücking
  • Ralph Kutschera

Set design

  • Rainer Schaper

Costume design

  • Ursula Welter

Editing

  • Eva Schlensag

Sound

  • Detlev Fichtner
  • Uwe Griem

Music

  • Bernhard Jobski
  • Klaus Buhler (Computermusik)
  • Ottomar Bergler (Computer Music System)
  • Roland Klick (Musik-Collagen)
  • Eva Schlensag (Musik-Collagen)
  • Ramona Sweeney (Lieder)

Cast

  • Dennis Hopper
    Kenneth Barlow
  • Terrance Robay
    Moody Mudinsky
  • Ramona Sweeney
    Mascha
  • David Hess
    Frank
  • Peter Kybart
    Frank
  • Robert Rice
    George
  • Eric Engbretson
    Discjockey
  • Salina
    Tänzerin
  • Shawn Lawton
    Chef der Eurosound
  • Jinny Peak
    kreischende Mutter
  • Steven Linetsky
    Chef des Gommorha
  • Ute Cremer
    Eurosound-Sekretärin
  • Robert Bomilla
    Pressechef der Eurosound
  • Stefan Staudinger
    Freund von Mascha
  • Klaus Voormann
    Tonmeister
  • Georg-Richard Wenkhaus
    Bankangestellter
  • Alexander Klick
    Liftboy
  • Michael Kleber
    Punk
  • Georg Standt
  • Mike Koppermann
  • Berthold Breitenstein
  • Andreas Pohle
  • Jim Smith
  • Alex Kügler
  • Kai Schirmer
  • Jenny Schmidt
  • Peter Wilmeroth
  • John Pinschmidt

Production company

  • Roland Klick Filmproduktion (Berlin)
  • Maran Film GmbH & Co. KG (München-Geiselgasteig)
  • Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) (Stuttgart)

Producer

  • Roland Klick
  • Bertram Vetter

Line producer

  • Renée Gundelach

Unit production manager

  • Horst Burkhard

Location manager

  • Axel Bär
  • Wolfgang Bajorat
Duration:
2531 m, 92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.09.1983, 54149, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 27.10.1983, Hof, Internationale Filmtage

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) White Star

Versions

Original

Duration:
2531 m, 92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.09.1983, 54149, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 27.10.1983, Hof, Internationale Filmtage

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1984
  • Filmband in Silber, Weitere programmfüllende Spielfilme
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