Name: Jesus Christ Savior
Genre: Documentary, Foreign
Released: 2008
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Cast: Klaus Kinski

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Peter Geyer

Director

Klaus Kinski

Film Details

Also Known As

Jesus Christ Saviour, Jesus Christus Erloeser, Jesus Christus Erloser

Genre

Documentary

Foreign

Release Date

2008

Distribution Company

Gutek Film Sp. Z O.O.; Salzgeber & Co. Medien Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 24m

Synopsis

Berlin's Deutschlandhalle on November 20, 1971. The lonely figure of Kinski appears in the spotlight on an empty stage to recite his own text, "Jesus Christus Erloser." The performance marks the realization of a project which had preoccupied him for more than ten years. This is the age of the hippie movement; the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" is a sensational success. But Kinski's "Jesus Christus Erloser" is no hippie happening. It is intended as an intensely emotional reading, concentrating purely on the actor's voice. The documentary portrays the actor's attempt--that was to last an entire evening--to recite his text. The first performance ended in tumult. But there is an epilogue. Once the crowds have all gone and there are only a few members of the audience left in the Deutschlandhalle, an exhausted Kinski appears in their midst and recites his text, from beginning to end, quietly and in a hoarse voice. The film examines a generation that was questioning authority, that had a difficult relationship to art, that no longer wanted to listen but wanted too discuss--but also about an artist at a particular point in his career.