Heavy Metal Village
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Cho Sung-hyung
Uwe Trede
Lore Trede
Klaus H. Plahn
Irma Schaack
Eva Waldow
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Synopsis
The cultural divide between the good folks of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein and the heavy metal fans who have descended on their quiet community from all over the world could hardly be greater. Starched blouses, golden crucifixes and dark suits meet studded collars, tattoos and shoulder-length hair. The "Wacken Open Air" line-up of bands says it all: Cannibal Corpse, Grave Digger, Testament, Raise Hell, Death Angel, Sodom. Wacken has become a place of pilgrimage for 40,000 heavy metal fans. And the folks of Wacken are proud that their village, once home to a dairy industry, is now a rock shrine.
Director
Cho Sung-hyung
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States October 2007
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Perspektive Deutsches Kino) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Documentaries of the World) August 23-September 3, 2007.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Wide Angle - Documentary) October 4-12, 2007.
Feature directorial debut for Cho Sung-hyung.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Documentaries of the World) August 23-September 3, 2007.)
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Perspektive Deutsches Kino) February 8-18, 2007.)
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Wide Angle - Documentary) October 4-12, 2007.)
