Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da

Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da

71 mins | Sept. 28, 1984

An early declaration of war on narrative cinema, using a barrage of visual and acoustic elements while at the same time juggling ironically - as he still does - with the term 'avant-garde'. A number of other preferences and obsessions were evident at an early stage, e.g. the mind-numbing habit of having his people stumbling and screaming around: life as a race track. His films likewise feature a lot of theatrical and cryptic outpourings. No wonder that they failed at the box office. No wonder either, however, that Schlingensief was attracted to theatre.

Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da

71 mins | Sept. 28, 1984

Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da
An early declaration of war on narrative cinema, using a barrage of visual and acoustic elements while at the same time juggling ironically - as he still does - with the term 'avant-garde'. A number of other preferences and obsessions were evident at an early stage, e.g. the mind-numbing habit of having his people stumbling and screaming around: life as a race track. His films likewise feature a lot of theatrical and cryptic outpourings. No wonder that they failed at the box office. No wonder either, however, that Schlingensief was attracted to theatre.
Producers DEM Film
Original title Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da
Directors Christoph Schlingensief
Writers Christoph Schlingensief

Cast

Irene Fischer

as Tina

Mathias Colli

as Rolf

Alfred Edel

as Roy Glas

Anna Fechter

as Ireen Fitzler

Norbert Schliewe

as Mr. Norbert

Vladimir Konetzny

as Lossowitsch

Christoph Schlingensief

as Major Pater Hilf

Sergej Gleithmann

as Gas Station Attendant