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American Dexter travels to Turkey on behalf of a US client in order to put an end to the drug gang leader Ismail. Dexter brings the beautiful blonde Janet as an erotic bait. Ismail shows great interest in Janet, but Dexter suspects he has been double crossed by his American client.
A 47-minute black-and-white film by Theo Gallehr and depicts Il Gruppo in various candid stages - in interviews, setting up, recording, working with eachother, and performing onstage. The players showcased here include Bertoncini, Branchi, Evangelisti, Heineman, Kayn, Morricone, Vandor and Frederic Rzewski. It's interesting to watch the composers interact and perform spontaneously as it is to see them preparing the piano by tying horsehair around the strings and rubbing the interior with empty plastic bottles and vaccuum cleaner attachments.
The film follows in the footsteps of Elvira Hagelstein, a worker from Altona. After imprisonment and torture under the Nazis, she flees to Spain, where she fights in the civil war and rescues many orphans. She later moves to Peru, where she campaigns for political refugees until her death.
This film from 1968, which was later awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize, caused fierce reactions throughout Germany at the time. People had expected a promotionally effective Heimatfilm and now suddenly felt defamed.
Documentary about the closure of a chemical plant in Krefeld and its effects on the employees.
