Happening, Kunst, Protest 1968 (1981)
An essayistic documentary about the action art movement that emerged in the 1960s: In interviews with various action artists, including Wolf Vostell, Joseph Beuys and Allan Kaprow, director Helmut Herbst illuminates the performative and participatory tendencies in art that began in the 1960s and outlines the diversity of motives and strategies.
Director: Helmut Herbst
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Allan Kaprow as Himself |
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Joseph Beuys as Himself |
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Wolf Vostell as Himself |
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Al Hansen as Himself |
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Jean-Jacques Lebel as Himself |
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Peter O. Chotjewitz as Himself |
| Directing | Helmut Herbst | Director |
| Writing | Helmut Herbst | Writer |
| Writing | Friedrich Heubach | Writer |
| Editing | Renate Merck | Editor |
| Camera | Irina Hoppe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Helmut Herbst | Director of Photography |