Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Burning Life

Burning Life

Peter Welz
Germany, 1994, 105 Min

Two women, almost the polar opposite of one another, travel across Eastern Germany, robbing banks as they go, only to give the loot the poor. An action-packed, exuberant road movie and social satire full of empathy for its leading figures.

ANTAEUS Film- und Medienvertrieb GmbH & Co. KG

The early years of German reunification, an almost indescribable time when suddenly more was possible than at any time either before or since – a time when a number of restrictions were lifted from society. Lisa is faced with ruin; her father has passed away, her parents' house is literally collapsing and her savings amount to 170 Marks. She thus has nothing to lose. Anna has quit her stressful day job and now travels the country in her old Chaika looking for work as a singer. These two very different individuals meet during Lisa's first bank robbery, after which they resolve to work together. Lisa shares the loot with the needy they encounter along the way, in defiance of her new partner-in-crime's protests. Now on the run, Anna is happy about one thing however; she's now made a name for herself after all. KF

Filmformat
DVD | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Stefan Kolditz
Kamera
Michael Schaufert
Ton
Rainer Haase, Henning Thölert
Schnitt
Helga Risch-Wardeck
Ausstattung
Dieter Adam, Claudia Sembach
Musik
Neil Quinton
Darsteller
Maria Schrander, Anna Thalbach, Max Tidorf, Jaecki Schwarz, Andreas Hoppe, Dani Levy, Klaus-Peter Grap
Produzent
Alexander Gehrke
Produktion
Alexander Gehrke
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Peter Welz - born 1963 in Berlin, GDR. He worked as a child actor in several TV and theater productions. In 1989, he graduated in directing from the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”. His short and feature films received several awards at film festivals. In 1998, was awarded the Grimme-Preis.

Movies
WILLKOMMEN IN DER KANTINE (1988, short)
UNSERE FAMILIE! (1989, short)
BANALE TAGE (1992)
HARDCORE (1998, short)