Hint from a Neighbor
Wink vom Nachbarn
Synopsis
A polemical report. "Way to the neighbors" is the motto of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival. In their "Remarks on the Oberhausen 66 Film Festival," the GDR documentarians Gerhard Scheumann and Walter Heynowski take the competition selection to task: They see formal experiments as "excesses on the big screen" and instead of political themes, they discover a "surge of perversity." After her own film "Kommando 52" was rejected by the festival, a criminal complaint by the GDR lawyer Friedrich-Karl Kaul against the mercenary and commander "Kongo-Müller" is the focus of a press conference. The refusal of a cinema owner to show the film was a "hint from the neighbors", the neighboring public order office, and therefore state censorship in the Federal Republic of Germany.
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- Director
- Harry Hornig
- Screenplay & Story
- Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski
- Original Title
- Wink vom Nachbarn
- Country of Origin
- East Germany
- Spoken Languages
- German
- Runtime
- 44m
- Production Studios
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Harry Hornig
Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski
Peter Hellmich, Arthur Killus
Traute Wischnewski
Department Leadership Roster
Gerhard Scheumann
Writer
Peter Hellmich
Director of Photography
Harry Hornig
Director
Arthur Killus
Director of Photography
Traute Wischnewski
Editor
Walter Heynowski
Writer
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What is Hint from a Neighbor about?
A polemical report. "Way to the neighbors" is the motto of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival. In their "Remarks on the Oberhausen 66 Film Festival," the GDR documentarians Gerhard Scheumann and Walter Heynowski take the competition selection to task: They see formal experiments as "excesses on the big screen" and instead of political themes, they discover a "surge of perversity." After her own film "Kommando 52" was rejected by the festival, a criminal complaint by the GDR lawyer Friedrich-Karl Kaul against the mercenary and commander "Kongo-Müller" is the focus of a press conference. The refusal of a cinema owner to show the film was a "hint from the neighbors", the neighboring public order office, and therefore state censorship in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Who directed Hint from a Neighbor?
Hint from a Neighbor was directed by Harry Hornig.
Who stars in Hint from a Neighbor?
The principal cast of Hint from a Neighbor includes Gerhard Scheumann, Hermann Herlinghaus.
When was Hint from a Neighbor released and how long is it?
Hint from a Neighbor was released in 1966 with a total runtime of 44m.