Heroes’ Heaven (1987)

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)

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DETAILS

Director, Writer
Robert Bramkamp
Camera
Herbert Baumann
Sound
Hubertus Müll
Editing
Robert Bramkamp
Starring
Christin König, James Irving, Robert Bramkamp
Production
Silly Girls
Format
16mm, sw
Runtime
14:30 min.
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
Mondlandung Reenactment, Ausschnitt aus "Himmel der Helden":