Logo Goethe-Institut

Japan

|

3:00 PM

Die Tödliche Doris

Film Screening and Talk | DUF-BERLIN 79-89

  • Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Hall, Tokyo

  • Film: German with Japanese subtitles, Talk: German and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
  • ¥900
  • Part of series: DUF-Berlin 79-89 Deutsch Underground-Filme
チケットはこちら

🄫 Die Tödliche Doris, Kavaliere, Videostill, Beitrag für den WDR-Rockpalast, Berlin 1983

About the film

Emerging from the free-spirited avant-garde culture of 1980s West Berlin, “Die Tödliche Doris” was a multidisciplinary performance collective. Drawing on insights from member Käthe Kruse, RISIKO has specially compiled and edited a selection of the group's video works for DUF-BERLIN 79-89 film screening. This program offers an immersive journey into a world of experimental film, featuring performances that are chaotic, absurd, and irresistibly humorous.

1980s / 29 min. / Germany
Directors: Die Tödliche Doris
Selection & Editing: RISIKO
Cast: Wolfgang Müller, Nikolaus Utermöhlen, Käthe Kruse.

Highlights

“Die Tödliche Doris” worked with experimental lip-sync performances, surreal soundscapes, and forms of physical expression inspired by natural disasters. The performance collective pursued its own artistic vision uncompromisingly, without being guided by financial interests or expectations. The film of the same name vividly captures the free, provocative, and at times dangerous energy of their art. Also featured is Tabea Blumenschein, known for her appearance in Ulrike Ottinger’s film Ticket of No Return.

Talk after the Screening

Film Introduction & Female Artists in 1980s Berlin

Käthe Kruse (online)
Interview and Moderation: Yukiko Yamane (Editor-in-Chief of RISIKO)

  • Käthe Kruse

    Visual Artist

    From 1982 to 1988, she was a member of the performance and art collective Die Tödliche Doris. Her work spanned the intersections of performance, music, text, painting, and film. Today, she works as a visual artist, continuing to pursue an interdisciplinary approach and a deliberate embrace of amateurism. Her practice focuses on large-scale installations that combine a wide range of media and forms of expression. In 2023, she was appointed Chair of the International Artists Committee (IKG). In 2027, her solo exhibition “Ordnungen ihres Lebens” is scheduled to be presented in the new building of the LWL Museum of Cultural History in Münster.

  • Yukiko Yamane

    Editor in Chief of RISIKO

    Based in Berlin since 2012, she works as a freelance editor, writer, and coordinator. Her work primarily focuses on developing, researching, and writing features for Japanese fashion and culture magazines, while also coordinating photo shoots and casting for fashion brands. In 2021, she founded RISIKO, an independent magazine dedicated to German underground and alternative music and culture. Following the release of the film-focused special issue “RISIKO Issue 5: BOX” in 2024, she launched RISIKO KINO KLUB in 2025, organizing film screening events in Berlin. In 2026, she founded DUF, a film project dedicated to introducing and promoting German underground cinema.