Rudiger Kirschstein Movies
- 1985
In a compelling docudrama, director Volker Vogel has used real facts to create a story of wartime insanity, reflected in nine actual cases of sailors accused and convicted of mutiny -- 16 of whom were executed by their own officers. Set between May 5 and May 13th, 1945 (the official German surrender was on May 8th), the story takes place on a German minesweeper. The Commander (Wigand Witting) has just been ordered to cross the dangerous Baltic Sea, filled with enemy submarines, to go rescue some German troops who are surrounded by the Russian army. As the Commander starts out along the coastline, biding time before having to cross the open waters and face near-certain death in this suicide mission, he and the crew receive the news that Germany has surrendered -- the war is over. On hearing that news, the Coxwain (Rudiger Kirschstein) takes over the ship with some crew members, knowing that the Commander cannot easily circumvent the order to reach the German troops. Although the Commander warns him that they are illegally taking over the ship, the alternative would be for them to die at the hands of the Allied forces in the waters of the Baltic after the German surrender. The historical result, and the result in this fictional account, is that even the British Navy turned weapons over to the German commanders so that when these "mutinous" sailors were tried and convicted they could be executed.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rudiger Kirschstein
- 1978
The strains of Richard Wagner's operatic music and the tale of Lorelei, which an old man is telling his granddaughter, set the tone for this tense and highly symbolic crime thriller, which takes place on board the TEE Rheingold train travelling from Germany to Basel, Switzerland. The murderer, a highly sympathetic character, commits his fatal deed under high stress, which only increases when, after exiting the train, he realizes that he left incriminating evidence onboard. Now he must race in an automobile across Germany and attempt to reboard the train to recover the evidence before the killing is discovered. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rudiger Kirschstein, Elke Haltaufderheide, (more)
- 1976
Made for German television, For Your Love Only offers a glimpse of a young and very appealing Nastassja Kinski. Cast as impressionable student Sina, Kinski falls hopelessly in love with her much-older teacher. An extortionist threatens to reveal the girl's indiscretion, driving her to commit murder. It's a testament to the instinctive acting skills of Kinski that the audience continues pulling for her even after she's killed a man. Director Wolfgang Petersen completed For Your Love Only between his more celebrated projects Black and White Like Day and Night (1978) and Das Boot (1981). Originally titled Reifezeugnis, For Your Love Only was released theatrically in 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
1976's Coup de Grace (released in Germany as Der Fangschluss) was inspired by a Marguerite Yourcenar novel and directed by Volker Schlondorff. The story is set in Latvia in 1919, at the height of the Soviet Civil War. Margarethe von Trotta plays an aristocrat sympathetic to the Communist cause. Besides her ruinous habit of falling love with men who do not love her, Margarethe's tragic flaw is her refusal to acknowledge the cost of the revolution in terms of human lives. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, (more)
