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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

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