Bikini - mon amour
Behind the scenes
Credits
Oliver Herbrich .... screenplay and director
Christoph Wirsing ............. cinematography
still photography
Oliver Herbrich .................. sound recording
Julian Ricklon .................. location manager
Jack Niedenthal............... location manager
Roma Bejiko ..................... location manager
Swinly Freddy .................. location manager
Romy Schumann ................................ editing
Werner Herzog ................................ narration
Anja Buczkowski ............................. narration
Peter Karel ....................................... narration
Alexis Ward ...................... English narration
Lauren Sinclair ............... English narration
David Talbot ..................... English narration
Sigbert Stark ................ re-recording mixer
Peter Rosenwanger ................... title design
Barry Parker ............................ film research
Sibylla Herbrich ...................... film research
Archives:
DNA Defense Nuclear Agency
National Archives Washington
Stills: US Deptartment of Defense
Oliver Herbrich
Filmproduktion .......... production company
in association with
SWF Fernsehen
Ebbo Demant ........................ TV editor SWR
Petra Vonhausen ....... production manager
Uwe Kremp ...... production manager SWF
Isolde Herbrich ...... production accountant
Harald Kißling ........ production accountant
Funding (distribution):
Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
Thanks to
Walter Guérin ................................. Parfrance
Ulrich Lenze .............................. Cinecentrum
Bene Hoffmann .......................... Greenpeace
Giff Johnson ....... Marshall Islands Journal
Jeton Anjain
Ishmael John
Tomaki Juda
Dedicated to the children of Micronesia
Tech specs
Lenght ........................................636m/57 min
Film ........................ ...16mm Eastman color
Aspect ratio .......................................... 1: 1,37
Equipment .....................................Licht & Ton
Film lab ..................................................... SWF
Prints ....................................................... Geyer
Digital scan ........................................... Berola
Color grading ......... Wolfgang Grimmeisen
Soundtrack ......................................... English
German
Rating (FSK) ....................12 years and older
Shot on location 02.1987 - 03.1987 in
Marshall Islands, South Pacific.
Alternative title:
Die Himmelsdurchbrecher (German TV)
Availability
Print 16mm ComOpt
DCP, BluRay (digitally remastered in HD)
Festivals/Release
Premiere ............ Hof International Filmdays
10.1987
Cinema release ..05.1988
TV ........................... 29.02.1988 ARD
Distribution 16 mm ...............Verleih der
Filmemacher
Non-theatrical AV Film Nahr,
Munich
Distribution video ................. Medienwerk-
statt Freiburg
Home viedeo .......................... Schauinsland,
Herne
World sales ............................. Winn Film,
Munich
Film evalaution rating
FBW ......................................... recommended
Honorary Mentions:
4. Medikinale Int., Parma, Italy 11.1989
Red Cross and Health Filmfest Varna,
Bulgaria 05.1989
Festivals:
Hof International Filmdays 10.1987
Int. Filmwochenende Würzburg 01.1988
Tage des unabhängigen Films, Augsburg
03.1988
Ökomedia '88, Freiburg 11.1988
Ecovision '89 Lille, 05.1989
1. Maritime Filmtage Wilhelmshaven
05.1989
Red Cross and Health Filmfest Varna,
Bulgaria 05.1989
4. int. Ecological Film Events,
Kranj, Lubljana 06.1989
PARCOMONO 2000 Int. Festival of
Ecological Film, Varallo 07.1989
Euro Aim Screening, Brussels 08.1989
Festival International de Cinema,
Figueira da Foz 09.1989
8. R.I.E.N.A. Rocheforst-sur-mer 10.1989
Mostra de Video sobre a Era Nuclear e
mio Ambiente, Slvador Bahia 10.1989
Fuchsfilmtage Helsinki 11.1989
4. Medikinale Int., Parma, Italy 11.1989
Mostra Cinematografica Internationale,
Rome 11.1989
Human Health and the Environement,
Nat. Filmboard of Canada, 1990
Südsee Filmtage, München 06.2016
Filmer à tout prix, Brüssel 11.2017
The Atomic Cinema, Deutsches
Historisches Museum Berlin 01.2022