Fatherland (released as Singing the Blues in Red in the US) is a 1986 film about a German singer-songwriter, directed by Ken Loach and starring Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Cristine Rose and Sigfrit Steiner.
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| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Screenplay by | Trevor Griffiths |
| Produced by | Raymond Day |
| Starring | Gerulf Pannach |
| Cinematography | Chris Menges |
| Edited by | Jonathan Morris |
| Music by | Christian Kunert Gerulf Pannach |
Production companies | Kestrel II MK2 Productions |
| Distributed by | Film Four International |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Germany |
| Languages | English German |
| Budget | £884,000 |
Plot
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editProduction
editFinancing
editThe film was partly financed by the German television broadcaster ZDF.
Release
editThe film is one of Loach's least-popular films, being referred to as "a heavy-handed and absurd political drama" in MIT's newspaper The Tech[1] and Loach said in a 2016 Guardian interview that he "made a mess" of the film.[2] As the film was partly in German, its audience was limited in English-speaking countries. Between its cinematic release and the 2013 DVD release, the film was rare.
When the film was broadcast, they cut the scene in which Gerulf Pannach attacks a Christian Democrat politician for his fascist past. Loach said in an interview, "It was ironic that they should cut the only decent scene in the film."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Kennth Loach's Looks and Smiles movingly informs British working class - the Tech".
- ^ Hattenstone, Simon (15 October 2016). "Ken Loach: 'If you're not angry, what kind of person are you?'". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Fuller, Graham (1998). Loach on Loach. Faber & Faber. p. 62. ISBN 0571179185.
External links
edit- Fatherland at IMDb
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