San Domingo (film)

San Domingo is a 1970 West German drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. It tells the story of a man who joins a rock music hippie commune. When the commune members learn that his family is wealthy, they tell his parents that he has been kidnapped and demand a ransom. The film is loosely based on the story Betrothal in St. Domingo by Heinrich von Kleist. The actors are primarily non-professionals. The film received the 1971 Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Cinematography and Best Music.[1]

San Domingo
Directed byHans-Jürgen Syberberg
Produced byHans Jürgen Syberberg
Screenplay byHans-Jürgen Syberberg
Based onBetrothal in St. Domingo
by Heinrich von Kleist
Music byAmon Düül II
CinematographyChristian Blackwood
Edited byIngrid Fischer
Production
company
TMS Film GmbH
Release date
  • 10 November 1970 (1970-11-10)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Cast

  • Michael König as Michi
  • Alice Ottawa as Alice
  • Wolfgang Haas as Hasi
  • Hans-Georg Behr as Schorschi, poet and drug dealer
  • Carla Aulaulu as Michi's mother
  • Peter Moland as Michi's father
gollark: To stop people doing anything dangerous, everyone will be isolated into 8m³ airtight concrete cubes, so they cannot do dangerous things.
gollark: Anyway, your support for this shows that I might be able to launch Phase Three of my safety plan.
gollark: I am on at least two levels of irony at all times when I am on at least two levels of irony.
gollark: Powdered milk plus a water compartment, alternatively.
gollark: Yes, although the pressure of the outgoing milk stream *could* remove some teeth.

References

  1. "San Domingo". Filmportal.de (in German). German Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-03-08.


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