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Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse is a television film adapted from Peter’s Handke book of the same name. A hybrid work, that tells the story of two men, Spade and Beaumont, in Post-May ‘68 German Federal Republic. “It is, above all, a chronicles of images. Mixing diegesis and critique, by subtly overlapping different narrative levels, Handke describes the triumph of the television image over any story, over History.”
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Cast:
Rüdiger Vogler, Ulrich Gressieker, Didi Petrikat -
Original Title:
Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse -
Country:
Germany -
Year:
1970 - 95’
Director
Peter Handke
Peter Handke is one of the leading figures of Austrian and German-language literature. Author of roughly 40 novels, 15 theatre plays and various works of poetry and screenplays, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2019. His most celebrated books include Short Letter, Long Farewell (1972) and The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970), the latter having famously been adapted to the screen by Wim Wenders, with whom Handke would go on collaborating in several features, including one of the filmmaker’s most acclaimed movies, Wings of Desire (1987), and in The Left-Handed Woman (1978) which Handke directed himself.
Director's statement
“As a television film, Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse could only become a literary film: literary insofar at it describes typical television images.” (Peter Handke)
