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The Bavarian Al Capone

Behind the scenes

Credits

Oliver Herbrich .... screenplay and director

Theo Berger .............author auto-biography

Ludolph Weyer ................... cinematography

Benedikt Röskau ............... sound recording

Jan Betke .......................... technical support

Petra Vonhausen ............ location manager

                                           still photography

 

Romy Schumann ................................ editing

Oliver Herbrich ................................ narration

Detlef Kügow ................................... narration

Alfred Lohmaier ........... re-recording mixer

Peter Rosenwanger ................... title design

Cornel Faltin ...................... archive research

Frank Niepel ............................... legal advice

 

 

Oliver Herbrich

Filmproduktion .......... production company

 

Werner Filmer ...................... TV editor WDR

Katja Naumann ......... production manager

Meinrada Pfitzner .... production assistant

Isolde Herbrich ......... production assistant

Harald Kißling ........ production accountant

Wolfgang Grimmeisen ........................Trailer

Thanks to

Licht & Ton rental

HFF Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

Hans Eppendorfer

 

Film excerpts:

"Die Verrohung des Franz Blum"

by Reinhard Hauff

"The Proud and Sad Life of Mathias Kneissl" by Oliver Herbrich

 

Tech specs

Lenght .......................................675m/59 min

Film ...........................16mm Eastman color

Aspect ratio TV ................................... 1: 1,33

Aspect ratio cinema ......................... 1: 1,66

Equipment ....................................Licht & Ton

Film lab ................................................. HeLas

prints ...................................................... Geyer

Subtitles............................................... Cinetyp

Digital scan ........................................... Berola

Color grading ........ Wolfgang Grimmeisen

 

Soundtrack ...................................... Bavarian

subtitled ............................................. German

Rating (FSK) .................... 6 years and older

Shot on location 11.1985 - 01.1986 in

Ludwigsmoos, Langenmoos, Schrobenhausen, Aichach, Pöttmes, Neuburg, Munich.

 

Alternative title:

Der Al Capone vom Donaumoos (Germany)

Availability:

Print 16mm ComMag

DCP, BluRay (digitally remastered in HD)

Festivals/Release

Premiere ............ Hof International Filmdays

                                22.10.1986

Cinema release ....10.04.1987 Munich

Re-release ............. 23.11.2017 Augsburg

TV ............................. 24.11.1987 WDR

 

Distribution 16 mm ............Verleih der
                                             Filmemacher

 

Worl sales ............................ Filmtrail Zurich

 

Festivals:

Hof Int. Filmdays 10.1986

Int. Dokfilmfestival, Munich 01.1987

Tage des unabhängigen Films, Augsburg,

  03.1987

Low Budget Filmfest, Hamburg 06.1987

 

Literature: Theo Berger "Ausbruch - Erinnerungen des Al Capone vom Donaumoos" Augsburg 1989 AV Verlag

Oliver Herbrich "Volkshelden wider Willen. Mathias Kneißl - Theo Berger. Drehbuch" 2018 (Fichtion – Non-Fiction Film Edition)

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