Franz-Josef Spieker

  • Franz-Josef Spieker – Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967)

    1961-1970ArthouseComedyFranz-Josef SpiekerGermany

    Synopsis
    Georg, the head of an advertising company, finds Kim living in a wooden house surrounded by bogs and woods. Kim is hired to ride through Munich on his horse, poses with models outside the Feldherrnhalle. He is featured in a film an is extensively covered by the newspapers. A nun fleeing through the woods to escape from the roaring Kim, lands in a bog and is only rescued by Kim and his team after Georg has saved the rescue on film. The rescue is first glorified on a record, the record is a best-seller and Kim becomes a star…Read More »

  • Franz-Josef Spieker – Süden im Schatten aka South in the Shade (1962)

    DocumentaryFranz-Josef SpiekerGermanyShort Film

    Part of DVD release Die “Oberhausener” – Provokation der Wirklichkeit (Provoking Reality)
    Edition Filmmuseum 69

    Oberhausen Manifesto 1962:
    28.2.1962

    The collapse of conventional German film has finally removed the economic basis for a mentality that we reject. This gives the new kind of film the chance to come to life.
    German short films by young filmmakers, directors and producers have in recent years received a large number of prizes at international festivals and gained the recognition of international critics. These works and their successes show that the future of German film lies with those who have proven that they speak a new film language.Read More »

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