The Ghost (1982 film)
- Herbert Achternbusch: Upper
- Annamirl beer Bichler: Superior
- Kurt Raab: Poli
- Dietmar Schneider: Zisti
- Josef Bichler beer: Bauer and Romans
- Franz Baumgartner: Representatives and Romans
- Alois Hittenpichl: priests and Romans
- Rita Achternbusch: Sister Amanada
- Judit Achternbusch: Sister Antonia
- Gabi mind: Wife of representative
The ghost is a black and white film by Herbert Achternbusch from the year 1982. 's Tragicomic satire Achternbusch treated the conflict between the recourse of Jesus with the world today. The Blasphemievorwurf against the scandalous film led to a temporary ban by the Voluntary Self-Monitoring of the film industry ( FSK) and to reduce the promised film funding by Federal Interior Minister Friedrich Zimmermann.
Action
The life-size figure of Christ, the 42nd Lord God a Bavarian monastery church rises from the cross and is on the side of the superior of the monastery to the top with which he pulls through Bavaria. He meets here on the police, Munich passers-by, a bishop and other people. He transforms repeated in an ever weakening in line to the end, to rise into the air in the beak of a bird of prey turned into Superior.
Sharing in the Federal Republic of Germany
The rental wanted to make sure the criminal safety of the film, which is why he first showed it in December 1982 the Commission of Jurists SPIO. The Commission demanded to a cut for a scene that is addressed in the Christ as " crap " in person. The rental came to this request, submitted in March 1983 to film the FSK and applied for the release of over 18 years.
The two examiners of the film industry who chose the Working Committee alone on the release, this denied, however, on 29 March 1983 because the attacks of the film on the presence of the Church " a just pessimistic and nihilistic basic pattern of the world " produced what " the religious feeling of a counted by millions, part of the population " could not reasonably be expected in public demonstrations.
That assessment lodged an appeal hire. 2-1 If the competent representatives of the film industry were the main committee on 20 April 1983 it had to " be left to interested in viewing this strip adult visitors, deal certainly and understandably controversial film with the content and form. "
Follow
The ghost had been produced as a result of the Federal Ministry of the Interior Gerhart Baum (FDP) promised in the amount of DM 300 000 funding commitment. The film was shown at the end of 1982 and was initially little attention. In April 1983, the state film subsidies in the coverage of the appearing of the Axel Springer Verlag Bild am Sonntag and the world was described on Sunday as tax waste. Then went in the Bonn Ministry of Internal Affairs, now headed by Friedrich Zimmermann ( CSU), a few hundred letters of protest. After he had himself seen the film, underscored Zimmermann, since not all the installments have been paid Achternbusch outstanding sum of 75 000 DM
At the Munich Film Festival in 1983 protested 50 filmmakers against this approach. Also at the award ceremony of the German Film Prize in Berlin Zoo-Palast there were protests. Filmmakers demonstrated dressed as ghosts against the decision. In addition, the German Cultural Council rebuked the procedure carpenter. Because of the public controversy over 150 000 spectators saw the movie in the theater, far more than in Achternbusch movies usual.
In addition to the solidarity of filmmakers, there was particular in Bavaria but also to protest against the film. Thus were formed in Munich over a thousand Catholic Scouts to expiation procession in which they asked for the sinner Achternbusch forgiveness. Attempts to obtain a nation- wide ban on the film, but failed. Although raised the Munich public prosecutor for violation of § 166 of the Criminal Code ( " abuse of faiths, religious communities and philosophical associations "). The district court closed the case but with the ground that the film " a minimum level format " commands and he therefore only fall into the " category of the needy, silly, Silly and tasteless ". The prosecution appealed against this decision to appeal to the Higher Regional Court of Munich, but this was also rejected.
However, Zimmermann began to fall by significant changes for the award of the Federal Film Awards. Among other things, the prize money for the next project should only account for 30 percent of total production costs. In the parliamentary meeting on October 24, 1983 Zimmermann stated that it would not fund films that would except the producers see no one. For the German auteur film, this measure had serious consequences, there was hardly a future filmmaker capable of the remaining 70 percent of production pre-finance or even einzuspielen.
Ban in Austria
Pursuant to § 188 StGB ( denigration of religious teachings ), the film was briefly seized after publication in Austria. This ban is still valid today, yet the film can be borrowed in some Austrian libraries for scientific work.
In addition to the specter Council of Love is one of the only ever seized in Austria movies.
Video release
On video, there were German publications at BMG / Ufa and the Dropship Zweitausendeins.
In November 2008, five films of Herbert Achternbusch first appeared in Germany in a DVD box. Among them was the ghost. The Pierrot Le Fou DVD label put the FSK the film for release again before. The film received after testing the new Rating FSK 12 In August 2010, the film was released as a single DVD.
Reviews
- " A loosely strung together with Achternbusch, madcap clowning unfamiliar viewer is a certain degree of tolerance demands, not opt-out from the unorthodox mess. " Thomas Kramer ( ed.): Encyclopedia of German film Reclams Reclam, Stuttgart, 1995