Movie
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Overview
The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything and everything seemed possible.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-02-05
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Scenes From, DEF Media, Interzone Pictures
- Country
- Germany
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Reeder as Self
- Blixa Bargeld as Self
- David Bowie as Self
- Eric Burdon as Self
- Nick Cave as Self
- Christiane Felscherinow as Self
- Gudrun Gut as Self
- Keith Haring as Self
- Annette Humpe as Self
- Martin Kippenberger as Self
- Nena as Self
- Zazie de Paris as Self
Crew
- Jörg A. Hoppe - Director
- Klaus Maeck - Director
- Heiko Lange - Director
- Jörg A. Hoppe - Writer
- Heiko Lange - Writer
- Klaus Maeck - Writer
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