Cinematography:
Oliver SchwabeCast:
Devid Striesow, Anna Bederke, Katrin Pollitt, Jan Peter Heyne, Klaus Maeck, Jürgen Rißmann, Hannes Hellmann, Jasmin Wagner, Margit Laue, Peter Illmann (more)Plots(1)
A film about the legendary electronica trio from the 80s: FRAKTUS, the true inventors of techno, launch their comeback. From Westbam to Scooter, from Blixa Bargeld to Dieter Meier, the music scene is unanimous: it was FRAKTUS. FRAKTUS invented techno. They anticipated the style, the sound revolution, the technology. But today FRAKTUS remain a myth – in spite of their promising debut success in the eighties and their unique sound. Though immensely influential and revered by fellow musicians worldwide, the band split up in acrimony over 25 years ago and is now only known by insiders.
What became of them? What are these three doing today? Could these pioneers now be on the threshold of a comeback? This documentary film goes in search of the three radically different musicians. Music producer Roger Dettner tracked down the three founding fathers of techno in Hamburg, in the small north German town of Brunsbüttel and in Ibiza. In what must rate as a sensation in the history of pop music, he has succeeded in gathering them around one table and getting FRAKTUS back into the studio. Music history has been rewritten. This time with FRAKTUS as its pivotal chapter. History never forgets the real discovers. Not even FRAKTUS.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Devid Striesow
East Germany
Best movies:
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Anna Bederke
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Katrin Pollitt
West Germany
Best movies:
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Lore (2012)
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Jan Peter Heyne
West Germany
Best movies:
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Lore (2012)
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Klaus Maeck
Best movies:
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Jürgen Rißmann
West Germany
Best movies:
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Hannes Hellmann
West Germany
Best movies:
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Jasmin Wagner
West Germany
Best movies:
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Margit Laue
Best movies:
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Peter Illmann
West Germany
Willi Herren
West Germany
Best movies:
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Tatort (1970) (series)
Jan Köppen
West Germany
Komi Togbonou
Germany
Best movies:
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Speed Racer (2008)
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Piet Fuchs
West Germany
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Julia Sen
West Germany
Steve Blame
UK
Marusha
West Germany
Dieter Meier
Switzerland
Best movies:
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Stephan Remmler
Germany
Rocko Schamoni
West Germany