Red Love (1982 film)

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Red Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Screenplay byRosa von Praunheim
Based onRed Love
by Alexandra Kollontai
Produced byRosa von Praunheim
Starring
CinematographyMike Kuchar
Edited by
  • Elke Granke
  • Rosa von Praunheim
Music byIdeal, DIN A Testbild, Jakob Lichtmann
Production
company
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Release date
20 February 1982
Running time
80 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Red Love (German: Rote Liebe) is a 1982 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim.

The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982 and was shown, for example, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1983.[1][2]

Plot[edit]

This film, based on a novella by Alexandra Kollontai, is about the Soviet women's rights activist and revolutionary Vasilissa, who wants to emancipate herself from her domineering lover Vladimir, the director of the trade cooperative. As a last resort, she has only the murder of the bitter patriarch.[3]

Reception[edit]

The renowned German critic Hellmuth Karasek wrote in the magazine Der Spiegel: "Rosa von Praunheim, who since his early hits The Bed Sausage and Berlin Bed Sausage has known how to put us out of our minds about the neat distinction between kitsch and art, between emotion and sentimentality, has also staged a pleasurably disturbing conundrum with Red Love."[4]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Rote Liebe". Mubi. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  2. ^ "NEW SEASON OF RECENT FILMS FROM WEST GERMANY" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ "Red Love". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. ^ "Rosas Zeiten für ältere Damen". Der Spiegel. 31 January 1982. Retrieved 2022-04-26.

References[edit]

  • Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Guide. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-1-880707-01-2

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