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Inheritors, The |
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Director: Walter Bannert |
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Cast: Nikolas Vogel, Roger Schauer, Wolfgang Gasser, Anneliese Stöckl-Eberhard |
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Studio: Mondo Macabro |
Genre: Horror |
Pre-Order Date:
11-30--0001 |
Release Date:
10-09-2018 |
Production Year:
1983 |
SRP:
$29.95 |
Catalog #: MDO189 |
UPC: 843276018993 |
Format: Blu-ray |
Number of Discs:
1 |
Language:
English, German |
Subtitles: |
Picture Format:
Widescreen 1.78:1 |
Audio Format:
PCM Mono |
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Plot
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On his way home from school, 16 year old Thomas helps Charly, an unemployed
teenager, escape from the police. Despite their differing backgrounds the boys
become good friends and Charly persuades Thomas to join a neo-Nazi youth group.
Intrigued and confused by his new friends, Thomas, who is experiencing trouble
at home and school, is drawn deeper into a web of sex and violence that leads to
a tragic end. In 1979, Austrian film director Walter Bannert was among
a group of Vienna cafe patrons beaten up by a gang of young neo-Nazis who
wrecked the place. Researching the burgeoning movement in West Germany and
Austria for 3 years, Bannert infiltrated their private meetings by convincing
party leaders that he wanted to make an objective documentary. His film, THE
INHERITORS is the result, a disturbing and timely fictional drama based entirely
on real characters, events and conversations that Bannert came across in the
neo-Nazi camps. The film was highly controversial on its original release and
theatres screening it were threatened with violent action by neo-Nazi
sympathizers. Although it is now over thirty years old, the film remains
incredibly relevant as we witness, across the world, the rebirth of right-wing
extremism using exactly the same lies and tactics exposed so powerfully in this
film. THE INHERITORS was not screened in its native country for many
years until it was rediscovered at the 2015 Viennale Exhibition, where it was
praised as a rare and powerful example of Austrian genre cinema with a strong
political message. The film was selected at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival for
the prestigious Directors Fortnight section. In the same year it also won a jury
prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Additional Information
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Artwork
Special Features:
- Brand new 2k scan from film negative. - Exclusive 12 page
booklet with essays by Michael Gingold and film maker Paul Poet. -
Original theatrical trailer. - English/German audio choice. -
Newly created subtitles
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