Tenderness of the wolf 1973 is an excellent film about a serial killer living in war torn germany. Mar 11, 2017 chiller, season 1 1995 the legend still lives. The tenderness of wolves by stef penney blurb from amazon. Nov 23, 2015 later, in 1973, rainer werner fassbinder produced a movie, tenderness of the wolves, which attempted to reanimate the story and here it is, over 40 years later, brought back to life by arrow video in a digitally restored version on bluray. The movies based on the actual case of fritz harrmann, a. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 friedrich karl praetorius and kurt raab in tenderness of the wolves 1973 friedrich karl.
Very clever the way the stories of the characters unfold and turn out to be linked. Tenderness of the wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a killer. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 where to watch it streaming. The tenderness of wolves is a 1973 west german drama film directed by ulli lommel. It was written by kurt raab, who also stars in the film, and produced by rainer werner fassbinder. Tenderness of the wolves is a nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. The fur trappers and the hudson bay company where at the heart of all trade and employment and their power and influence was extensive and. But when her son becomes the main suspect, she is forced to find the killer. Tenderness of the wolves the arrow video story youtube. Tenderness of the wolves bluraydvd, 2015, 2disc set for. Tenderness of the wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks. Tenderness of the wolves was not my type of movie, as i felt it was a tad too boring and distasteful. Lake nowhere 2014 blood father 2016 tenderness of the wolves 1973.
The movie comes from the rainer werner fassbinder film group in berlin and is directed by fassbinders protege ulli lommel. Later, in 1973, rainer werner fassbinder produced a movie, tenderness of the wolves, which attempted to reanimate the story and here it is, over 40 years later, brought back to life by arrow video in a digitally restored version on bluray. The marriage of maria braun, in a year with moons accentuates the. Much like his recent work, this effort was based on a real. It was written by kurt raab, who also stars in the film, and produced by. Before the boogeyman, rainer werner fassbinder acolyte ulli lommel honed his horror stylistics with tenderness of the wolves, an arty take on the fritz haarmann killings hitting bluraydvd combo via arrow video usa. Tenderness of the wolves is a german drama, from 1973, telling the true story of a sexual predator, serial killer and cannibal who purportedly murdered more than 30 young men in germany in the 1920s. Tenderness of the wolves remains a challenging, grim and above all powerful arthorror film, one of the most elegant and yet perverse. Admittedly many of the naked young men in tenderness of the wolves are gratuitous to the plot.
The original 35mm camera negative was scanned in 2k resolution, and the result is the finest home video presentation of the film to date. The original 35mm camera negative was scanned in 2k resolution, and the result is the finest home video presentation of. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 fantastic movie musings. Laurent jammet a trapper, trader and loner is found dead in his bed by his neighbour mrs ross. Released 1973, tenderness of the wolves stars kurt raab, margit carstensen, ingrid caven, wolfgang schenck the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Arrow releases ulli lommels film about infamous german serial killer fritz haarmann, tenderness of the wolves on bluray in a dualformat edition in the aspect ratio of 1. Fritz haarmann is a well known criminal in the police community. Stef penney the tenderness of wolves book video youtube. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 british board of film. Today lommel is far better known in america as the director of eccentric horror films like the boogey man. The costa judges said it made them feel enveloped in the snowy wastes of canada in 1867. Arrow video presents tenderness of the wolves in a rich and illustrious 1080p highdefinition transfer sourced from a restored print prepared by the rainer werner fassbinder. The tenderness of wolves is a multilayered story focussed on a murder in a small canadian settlement of dove river.
Comparison of the anchor bay and arrow blu ray release. Tenderness of the wolves dvd, 1999 for sale online ebay. A brilliant and breathtaking debut that captivated readers and garnered critical acclaim in the united kingdom, the tenderness of wolves was longlisted for the orange prize in fiction and won the costa award formerly whitbread book of the year. Its a mustsee in my book, and arrows bluray is the perfect way by which to see it. Directed by ulli lommel and produced by rainer werner fassbinder, it is based upon the serial killer fritz haarmann, who sexually abused and murdered as many as 27 young men and teenage boys during the early twentieth century in hanover, germany.
Tenderness of the wolves bluraydvd, 2015, 2disc set. Mar 03, 2007 the tenderness of wolves by stef penney quercus. His case would partly inspire fritz lang s m, and its central character portrayed by peter lorre, as well as this forgotten gem from 1973. If tenderness of the wolves works on a reflexive register, its due to raabs performance, which consistently displays his own homosexuality in a fashion that blurs lines between fiction and documentary, albeit a bit coarsely, since lommel often trains his camera on haarmanns sexual encounters to milk their exploitative potential.
November , 2007 a nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 stream and watch online. Disappearance, the fields of heaven, the winter partners, and the sickness of long thinking. A fantastic tale of a hard life in the frozen north. The spectator stef penney, who in an even more unusual coup, won the first novel prize with a murder saga, the tenderness of wolves. Haarman was sentenced to death,grans to twelve years in jail. It could be my naivete, but i have to think that ulli lommels tenderness of the wolves was probably pretty shocking at the time of its 1973 release. The tenderness of wolves is an entertaining and wellwritten adventure thriller.
Fassbinder fridays returns with a look at the uli lommel directed film tenderness of the wolves 1973. Nov 03, 2017 fassbinder fridays returns with a look at the uli lommel directed film tenderness of the wolves 1973. A german serial killer preys on boys and young men during the socalled years of crisis between the wars. The story is based on the crimes of german serial killer and cannibal. Tenderness of the wolves is a german film from 1973, written by and starring kurt raab in the title role. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 cast and crew moviefone. Robin hood may1991 sir miles folcanet the man inside jul1990. The notorious german killer known as both the butcher and the vampire of hanover was guillotined in 1925 for the murders of young men and boys between 1918 and 1925. Tenderness of the wolves bluray kurt raab dvdbeaver. Buy or rent tenderness of wolves movie now family video. There, the lads meet with a hideous fate, then find their flesh butchered and sold to the local meat shop. Get notified if it comes to one of your streaming services, like netflix. Coil 19822004 was initially established in london in 1983 as an experimental solo outlet for expsychic tv member john balance, and became a fullfledged experimental sonic manipulation unit a year later following the arrival of keyboardist programmer peter christopherson sleazy, a founder of psychic tv as well as a member of throbbing gristle.
His case would partly inspire fritz langs m, and its central character portrayed by peter lorre, as well as this forgotten gem from 1973. Tenderness of the wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a. The tenderness of wolves by stef penney previous reading. The novel opens with the discovery of the murder of a french trapper and trader named laurent jammet. Fritz haarman was a pedophile psychopath who lived during wwi germany the time period in the movie was moved up to wwii.
Everything you need to know about the tenderness of wolves. See the full list of tenderness of the wolves cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Fritz haarmann, aka the butcher of hanover and the vampire of hanover, was a german serial killer responsible for the murders of two dozen boys and young men during the socalled years of crisis between the wars. Structurally, the tenderness of wolves is divided into four parts.
A criminal is recruited by the cops to help snare some members of the underworld but far from goes straight because of his new job. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 fantastic movie musings and. However, for fans of the flick, which im sure there are plenty of, the bluray from arrow video is a must buy and worth the ticket price. Mar 24, 2016 tenderness of the wolves is a german film from 1973, written by and starring kurt raab in the title role. Whats the story set in 1867 in a small frontier town in canada, a man is brutally murdered the same day a boy goes missing, forcing the youngsters mother to head into the wilderness in an effort to clear her sons name. Its genuinely dreadful character study is built around kurt raab, who plays the lead role, wrote the script and designed the movie as well. The new 1080p24hz highdefinition presentation comes from a new 2k scan of the original camera negative. It unhelpfully mixed the genre of lurid true crime exploitation with the story of a gay love affair going sour. Babyfaced and shavenheaded, in a manner that recalls both m and f. Set in the cold north of the 1860s, the tenderness of wolves is a slowpaced thriller dealing with a murder in the time way before csi, or. Fritz haarmann was known as the butcher of hanover, and his victims were young men between and 20. But tenderness of the wolves was made a decade before the aids crisis and might even have been considered relevant had it been released a few years later. Jun 05, 2018 i bought tenderness of wolves because it won the costa book of the year in 2006 but somewhere in my brain the title had become muddled with in the company of wolves, so when it arrived i was more than a little thrown to read the blurb and find that the central character was a woman.
In 1973 lommel directed his third and arguably best film, tenderness of the wolves. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 the movie database tmdb. Tenderness of the wolves is a unique item an only marginal commercial film made way before serial killer movies embraced grotesque morbidity as entertainment. Ulli lommels style of directing was a nod to fritz lang and the other german expressionist filmmakers of the the 20s and. Tracks leaving the dead mans cabin head north towards the. A novel stef penney creates a frozen rural setting in which the characters struggle to unfreeze even their feelings. This dark horror film from director ulli lommel was based on the reallife crimes of fritz haarman kurt raab, the socalled vampire of dusseldorf who murdered over 25 young boys, drank their. Wilderness what makes the tenderness of wolves a memorable story is the location the desolate snowcovered wilds of canada in the late 1860s. Its the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy, but we dont walk out on. Based on the true story of fritz haarmann, aka the butcher of hanover and the vampire of hanover. An unforgiving time when settlers and native indians sought to live off the land, often suspicious of each other. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 bluraydvd combo director.
Turn on looping for your embedded video so it will play over and over and over and over and over and you get the idea. Set in the cold north of the 1860s, the tenderness of wolves is a slowpaced thriller dealing with a murder in the time way before csi, or even formal police departments. Ulli lommels the tenderness of wolves is a realistic portrayal of this notorious killer. Winter has just tightened its grip on dove river, a tiny isolated settlement in the northern territory, when a man is brutally murdered. West germany a serial killer who preys on young men and boys is loose in germany.
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