Loading AI tools
1986 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fatherland (released as Singing the Blues in Red in the US) is a 1986 film about a German singer-songwriter, directed by Ken Loach and starring Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Cristine Rose and Sigfrit Steiner.
| Fatherland | |
|---|---|
_poster.png) DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Screenplay by | Trevor Griffiths |
| Produced by | Raymond Day |
| Starring | Gerulf Pannach |
| Cinematography | Chris Menges |
| Edited by | Jonathan Morris |
| Music by | Christian Kunert Gerulf Pannach |
Production companies | Kestrel II MK2 Productions |
| Distributed by | Film Four International |
Release date |
|
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Germany |
| Languages | English German |
| Budget | £884,000 |
The film was partly financed by the German television broadcaster ZDF.
The film is one of Loach's least-popular films, being referred to as "a heavy-handed and absurd political drama" in MIT's newspaper The Tech[1] and Loach said in a 2016 Guardian interview that he "made a mess" of the film.[2] As the film was partly in German, its audience was limited in English-speaking countries. Between its cinematic release and the 2013 DVD release, the film was rare.
When the film was broadcast, they cut the scene in which Gerulf Pannach attacks a Christian Democrat politician for his fascist past. Loach said in an interview, "It was ironic that they should cut the only decent scene in the film."[3]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
