A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
May 28, 1986
Original Title:
Totes Herz
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Ludolph Weyer Filmproduktion
Oliver Herbrich Filmproduktion
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 44
The Australians call the endless deserts in the interior of the continent the "dead heart". Here lies the town of Birdsville, 23 houses and a bar with a liquor license. The long-awaited telephone connection arrived in 1979, 90 years after it had been applied for. For one weekend, this place at the end of the world turns into a cauldron when 5,000 Australians, tired of civilization, invade for the annual horse race, the "Birdsville Cup". They come in buses, off-road vehicles, motorcycles and sports planes and have become a veritable plague. Because here, everyone can do what they've always wanted to do: for example, get drunk until they drop and never get up again. The collective mass drinking reaches its peak on Saturday night. By Monday morning, the fun is over. What remains is a village with 23 houses, a bar and a street littered with 80,000 empty beer cans.
Assistant Camera:
Lisa Kalz
Director:
Oliver Herbrich
Director of Photography:
Ludolph Weyer
Editor:
Romy Schumann
Original Music Composer:
Andreas Hofer
Producer:
Titus Lange
Petra Vonhausen
Oliver Herbrich
Production Accountant:
Paul Carmine
Production Assistant:
Petra Vonhausen
Isolde Herbrich
Sound:
Gerhard Metz
Sound Mixer:
Paul Carmine
Unit Manager:
Gerda Gensberger
Writer:
Oliver Herbrich
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