Themes: Fathers and Sons, Mothers and Sons, Terrorism
Main Cast: Nicolas Vogel, Anneliese Stoeckl-Eberhard, Jaromir Borek, Klaus Novak, Titanila Kraus
Release Year: 1982
Country: AT/WG
Run Time: 97 minutes
Plot
In this fictionalized account of the rise of Neo-Nazi organizations in post-war West Germany and Austria, director and co-writer Walter Bannert has focused, in consecutive order, on the disintegration of two dysfunctional families and how the parents' psychotic behavior drove their sons into radical, right-wing paramilitary groups that advocate murder and terrorism in order to achieve their goals. In one family, it is a horrible mother who is at fault, and in the other, a sexually abusive, incestuous father. The sons' activities in the Neo-Nazi groups involve wearing military uniforms, training in actual boot camps, and then being sent on terrorist missions (including murder). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Roger Schauer - Charly; Gabriele Bolen - Charly's girlfriend; Wolfgang Gasser - Party Leader; Helmut Kahn - Youth Trainer; Johanna Tomek - Charly's Mother; Alexander Berg; Frank Dietrich - Charly's Father; Gerald Distl; Evelyn Faber; Kurt Jaggberg; Michael Janisch - Gunther; Ottwald John - Nazi Camp Trainer; Rudi Schippel; Edd Stavjanik - Schwieger; Sascha Stein; Gerhard Swoboda; Guenter Treptow; Bernhard Werner
Credit
Regina Amon - Costume Designer, Walter Bannert - Director, Walter Bannert - Editor, Gustav Mahler - Composer (Music Score), Renate Micheli - Makeup, Rudolf Czettel - Production Designer, German Pizzinini - Production Designer, Hanus Polak - Cinematographer, Walter Bannert - Producer, Willy Neuner - Special Effects, Walter Bannert - Screenwriter, Erich A. Richter - Screenwriter, Gustav Mahler - Featured Music
