The Earth shortly before its end. The houses in the cities are deserted, the streets smashed. The sky shimmers dark gray.
Score
Udo's original synth-pop soundtrack outshines the acting
Production
Genuinely desolate Ruhr industrial decay as backdrop
Costume
Lindenberg's leather trench coat is doing ALL the heavy lifting
Director
Adolf Winkelmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Winkelmann shot guerrilla-style in actual abandoned Dortmund factories without permits. The decay is real.
This bombed so hard it nearly ended Lindenberg's film career, yet became a cult curio of Neue Deutsche Welle excess.
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