Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da (1984)
An early declaration of war on narrative cinema, using a barrage of visual and acoustic elements while at the same time juggling ironically - as he still does - with the term 'avant-garde'. A number of other preferences and obsessions were evident at an early stage, e.g. the mind-numbing habit of having his people stumbling and screaming around: life as a race track. His films likewise feature a lot of theatrical and cryptic outpourings. No wonder that they failed at the box office. No wonder either, however, that Schlingensief was attracted to theatre.
Director: Christoph Schlingensief
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Irene Fischer as Tina |
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Mathias Colli as Rolf |
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Alfred Edel as Roy Glas |
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Anna Fechter as Ireen Fitzler |
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Norbert Schliewe as Mr. Norbert |
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Vladimir Konetzny as Lossowitsch |
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Christoph Schlingensief as Major Pater Hilf |
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Sergej Gleithmann as Gas Station Attendant |
| Production | Christoph Schlingensief | Producer |
| Directing | Christoph Schlingensief | Director |
| Writing | Christoph Schlingensief | Writer |
| Camera | Dominikus Probst | Director of Photography |