Red Love (German: Rote Liebe) is a 1982 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim.
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Directed by | Rosa von Praunheim |
Screenplay by | Rosa von Praunheim |
Based on | Red Love by Alexandra Kollontai |
Produced by | Rosa von Praunheim |
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Cinematography | Mike Kuchar |
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Music by | Ideal, DIN A Testbild, Jakob Lichtmann |
Production company | Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982 and was shown, for example, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1983.[1][2]
Plot
editThis film, based on a novella by Alexandra Kollontai, is about the Soviet women's rights activist and revolutionary Vasilissa, who wants to emancipate herself from her domineering lover Vladimir, the director of the trade cooperative. As a last resort, she has only the murder of the bitter patriarch.[3]
Reception
editThe renowned German critic Hellmuth Karasek wrote in the magazine Der Spiegel: "Rosa von Praunheim, who since his early hits The Bed Sausage and Berlin Bed Sausage has known how to put us out of our minds about the neat distinction between kitsch and art, between emotion and sentimentality, has also staged a pleasurably disturbing conundrum with Red Love."[4]
Notes
edit- ^ "Rote Liebe". Mubi. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "NEW SEASON OF RECENT FILMS FROM WEST GERMANY" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Red Love". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Rosas Zeiten für ältere Damen". Der Spiegel. 31 January 1982. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
References
edit- Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Guide. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-1-880707-01-2
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