Lust for Love (1967 film)
| Lust for Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edgar Reitz |
| Written by | Edgar Reitz |
| Produced by | Edgar Reitz |
| Starring | Heidi Stroh Georg Hauke Ruth von Zerboni |
| Cinematography | Thomas Mauch |
| Edited by | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
| Music by | Edgar Reitz |
Production companies | Edgar Reitz Film Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Lust for Love (German: Mahlzeiten, lit. 'Meals') is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz, starring Heidi Stroh and Georg Hauke. It tells the story of the marriage and subsequent crisis of a young female photographer and a medical student. It was the director's first fiction film and is part of the New German Cinema movement.[1]
The film premiered in West Germany on 21 March 1967.[2] It was shown in competition at the 28th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best First Work.[3]
Cast
- Heidi Stroh as Elisabeth
- Georg Hauke as Rolf
- Nina Frank as Irina
- Ruth von Zerboni as Rolfs Mutter
- Ilona Schütze as Ilona
- Dirk Borchert as friend
- Klaus Lackschewitz as friend
- Peter Hohberger as Brian Leak
References
- ^ Rother p.539
- ^ "Mahlzeiten". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Mahlzeiten". Kino.de (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
Bibliography
- Rother, Rainer (ed.) German Film: From the Archives of the Deutsche Kinemathek. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2024.