There, the lads meet with a hideous fate, then find their flesh butchered and sold to the local meat shop. Director ulli lommel paints a grimy and grisly portrait of wartorn germany that will stick with you. A novel stef penney creates a frozen rural setting in which the characters struggle to unfreeze even their feelings. 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. I enjoy flicks that are based on a real life serial killers, so i figured this was going to be a great movie to check out. Get notified if it comes to one of your streaming services, like netflix, on. Tenderness of the wolves is a nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. Its the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy, but we dont walk out on. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 cast and crew moviefone. Kurt raab, jeff roden, margit carstensen, ingrid caven movie quality. Fassbinder was obviously a big influence on lommels direction whom as. 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.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Comparison of the anchor bay and arrow blu ray release. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 where to watch it streaming. Tenderness of the wolves is more of an interesting film than one i actually enjoyed watching. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing on the film by tony rayns, editor of the first englishlanguage book on rainer werner fassbinder verdict tenderness of the wolves was not my type of movie, as i felt it was a tad too boring and distasteful. Unfortunately, my tastes are definitely not in the same ballpark as. Winter has just tightened its grip on dove river, a tiny isolated settlement in the northern territory.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the tenderness of wolves. See the full list of tenderness of the wolves cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The fourth title assembled under fassbinders production company tangofilm, ulli lommel takes on directorial duty for what stands as the his most notable title. Note the german release has an exclusive featurette but the film has only lossy audio. Ulli lommels 1973 classic tenderness of the wolves arrives on blu ray with an excellent 2k restoration performed by the rainer werner fassbinder foundation that presents lommels film in the austere manner in which it was produced, whilst retaining the vivid colours that pierce this sleeper tale of germanys most notorious serial. In postwar germany the film moves the setting from the end of the first world war, to the end of the second, two petty crooks find a new way to find meat to sell to their bankrupt neighbours. The tenderness of wolves is a 1973 west german drama film directed by ulli lommel.
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. This dark horror film from director ulli lommel was based on the reallife crimes. In 1925, in germany, fritz haarmann is a homosexual, thief and sneak, having a special license from the police. Ulli lommels style of directing was a nod to fritz lang and the other german expressionist filmmakers of the the 20s and 30s. At long last, a worthy digital transfer has been granted the rather grim and horrific tenderness of the wolves, an obscure title from the extensive universe of rainer werner fassbinder, here serving as producer.
Tenderness of the wolves remains a challenging, grim and above all powerful arthorror film, one of the most elegant and yet perverse. Tenderness of the wolf 1973 is an excellent film about a serial killer living in war torn germany. Bertram, barbara, carstensen, margit, caven, ingrid, eichhorn, christoph, fassbinder, rainer werner, giskes, heinrich. The story is based on the crimes of german serial killer and cannibal.
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. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 german serial killer fritz haarmann aka the vampire of hanover writer and star kurt raab is on the prowl and his reign of terror will take two dozen souls as he preys on unsuspecting and unfortunate young men. The story is based on the crimes of german serial killer and cannibal fritz haarmann. 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. Watching it again, ive changed my mind about this film. Tenderness of the wolves is a unique item an only marginal commercial film made way before serial killer movies embraced grotesque morbidity as entertainment.
His gruesome exploits inspired three films including fritz langs m and 1995s the deathmaker as well as this uncomfortable uli lommel. Its a mustsee in my book, and arrows bluray is the perfect way by which to see it. Celebration of a prisoners release is a 1971 japanese crime film directed by hideo gosha. Fassbinder fridays returns with a look at the uli lommel directed film tenderness of the wolves 1973. Wilderness what makes the tenderness of wolves a memorable story is the location the desolate snowcovered wilds of canada in the late 1860s.
Everything you need to know about the tenderness of wolves. 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. 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. A german serial killer preys on boys and young men during the socalled years of crisis between the wars. 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 film was released by toho international in the united states with english subtitles on 7. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 stream and watch online. A family affair from one of fassbinders usual players, in a film made with many of fassbinder actors, including himself, with a similar language. Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals.
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 treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a. Its a crime and drama movie with an average rotten tomatoes critics score. The new 1080p24hz highdefinition presentation comes from a new 2k scan of the original camera negative. 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. A great and worthy film to have some new life breathed into. 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. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 fantastic movie musings.
Tenderness of the wolves 1973 out of 4 homosexual serial killer fritz haarmann kurt raab stalks the young boys and men of germany as he lures them back to his apartment. Today lommel is far better known in america as the director of eccentric horror films like the boogey man. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 a gay serial killer murders boys and feeds them to his fellow cannibals. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 british board of film. Stef penney the tenderness of wolves book video youtube. 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. If theyre lucky its just a sexual thing but for dozens of young people they were lured back to haarmanns apartment where they were murdered and eaten. Buy or rent tenderness of wolves movie now family video.
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