Country
Germany |
Year
1970 |
Run
Time
80
min |
| German
with English dialog as print-out available |
Cast
Michael
Verhoeven, Hartmut Becker, Rolf Zacher, Friedrich von Thun,
Rolf Castell, Wolfgang Fischer, Ewald Precht, Eva
Mattes |
Camera
Igor Luther |
Screenwriter
Michael
Verhoeven |
| Print
Source
Rob
Houwer Film & Television |
| Director |
Michael
Verhoeven
was born in Berlin in 1938 and studied medicine in Berlin
and Munich. He completed the state medical examination in
1966 and qualified as a doctor in 1969. He appeared as an
actor on stage and screen from the early 1950s to the early
60s and has worked as a screenwriter, producer and director
since 1967, having set up his own company Sentana Filmproduktion
with wife Senta Berger in 1965. He has received domestic
and international awards for films like O.K. (1970), A TERRIFIC
EXIT (SONJA SCHAFFT DIE WIRKLICHKEIT AB, 1973), SUNDAY CHILDREN
(SONNTAGSKINDER, 1979), THE WHITE ROSE (DIE WEISSE ROSE,
1982). His 1989 film THE NASTY GIRL (DAS SCHRECKLICHE MÄDCHEN)
was nominated for both the Academy Award and Golden
Globe and won a Silver Bear in Berlin in 1990
as well as BAFTA Academy Award in 1992. After that,
he made MY MOTHER’S COURAGE (MUTTERS COURAGE, 1995),
ZIMMER MIT FRÜHSTÜCK (TV, 1999) and ENTHÜLLUNG
EINER EHE (TV, 2000). |
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TUESDAY
JANUARY 17 at 12:30 PM CASTRO
The film, based on actual events, is about a Vietnamese girl who
is kidnapped by four American soldiers, raped, stabbed and finally
shot, on November 18th, 1966. Erikson is the fifth soldier. He
tries in vain to help the girl, but when he reports the event to
his commanding officer, his report is suppressed. Brian De Palma's
1989 film Causalties of War is a remake of Verhoeven's film.
The film o.k. is infamous for the controversy it caused at Berlinale (the Berlin
International Film Festival in Germany) in 1970. With an American serving as
chairman for the international jury, and accusations of censorship, scandal ultimately
caused the festival to break up before it ended that year, and no awards were
given.
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