Allemagne 90 neuf zéro (1991)

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writers:

Release Date:

20 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Characterized by deconstructivism and philosophical references and by briefly exposing the good, bad...

Plot Keywords:

German Reunification | Post Cold War | Sequel | Number In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Eddie Constantine	...	Lemmy Caution
Hanns Zischler	...	Count Zelten (as Hans Zischler)
Claudia Michelsen	...	Charlotte Kestner / Dora
Nathalie Kadem	...	Delphine de Stael
André S. Labarthe	...	Récitant (as André Labarthe)
Robert Wittmers	...	Don Quichotte
Kim Kashkashian	...	Musician
Anton Mossine	...	Dimitri
Heinz Przbylski
Kerstin Boos
H.J. Jurgen
Uwe Grzechowski		(as Uwe Orzechowsici)
Jochen Gliscinsky		(as Jochen Glischinski)
Iva Svarcová
Elfi Gäbel		(as Elfi Gabel)

Also Known As:

Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro (France) (poster title)
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (USA)

Runtime:

USA:62 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Antenne-2

Movie Connections:

Follows Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)

Philosophic approach to a movie...

I was specifically interested in that movie because I live in Germany and the reunification of the two parts of Germany in 1990 certainly was one of the most important political events in Europe since the second world war. Godard's movie neither is a movie in the traditional sense nor a documentary. It's rather a philosophical approach to that event - Godard shows short fragments of fictional and non-fictional episodes, opinions and facts served with an interesting musical (classical) music score. The movie itself is split into many titled chapters that reminded me of the last episodes of the fantastic japanese anime 'neon genesis evangelion'. But on the whole it's rather tiring to sit through the whole film because I could't follow all of the director's original intentions. Perhaps that film would be a perfect object for university students...