Heroes’ Heaven
(1987)
Starring Christin König, James Irving, Robert Bramkamp

A film that combines documentary and fantasy in a playful and entertaining way. While the real (ex-)astronaut James Irving preaches at a Christian missionary event in Bielefeld boldly linking the love of Christ with the use of the German space technology, a fictitious astronaut dances jauntily on a moon “high above”, taking his Soviet cosmonaut bride in his arms. Back on earth, where different laws such as those of evil politics prevail, this means bidding each other farewell. “ ... what might an astronaut have become, and what would have happened ... the film describes metaphysics in a wonderfully materialist way, cleverly and cheerfully shows how politics and love belong together ...” (Georg Seeßlen)

Director, Writer: Robert Bramkamp
Camera: Herbert Baumann
Sound: Hubertus Müll
Editing: :Robert Bramkamp
Cast: Christin König, James Irving, Robert Bramkamp
Production: Silly Girls
Format: 16mm, sw
Runtime: 14.30min.
Premiere: Experimentalfilm Workshop Osnabrück
Screenings: Int. Tourprogramm E-Film Workshop Osnabrück, Festivals see list
TV-Premiere: (Ausschnitte) Okt. 88 (WDR), Sep. 93 (NDR)
Awards: special award WDR Münster 1988,
Audience Award Int. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg 1988

Distribution:
english version 16mm (dialogue, subtitles)
Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek

Mondlandung Reenactment, Ausschnitt aus "Himmel der Helden":
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