Salmonberries
…salmon colored, raspberry-
of the far north, contain twice as much vitamin C as oranges.
Winner: Montreal World Film Festival
SALMONBERRIES (1991)
A film by Percy Adlon
Kotzebue, “Kotz”….............k.d. lang
Roswitha...........................Rosel Zech
Bingo-
Noayak.................….….....Jane Lind
Butch....................….........Oscar Kawagley
Albert................................Wolfgang Steinberg
A foundling, twenty years old, in search of father and mother, in search of the self finds, for the first time, a person for whose love it is worth fighting: Roswitha, a librarian from East Berlin, cast away at the end of the world. Kotzebue is the name of the little town in Northwest Alaska, where the story of these two people takes place, an Eskimo trading post between snowy heavens and the polar sea, discovered by the son of the German comedy writer August von Kotzebue. And Kotzebue is the name of the foundling too, who looks like a young man but in fact is a woman. Following some inner compulsion, she pursues a path to Roswitha’s heart finally declaring her love in a hotel room in Berlin.
Directed by Percy Adlon
Written by Percy and Felix Adlon
Director of Photography -
Editor -
Production Design -
Costumes -
Music by Bob Telson and k.d. lang
TV Producer -
Produced by Eleonore Adlon
A pelemele Film with BR
Shot on 35 mm Kodak stock in October/November 1990 in Kotzebue, Alaska, and Berlin (one year after the fall of the wall).
The World Film Festival Montreal, London Film Festival (1991), Vancouver, Mill Valley, Hofer Filmtage, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Hong Kong, Denver, Cannes.
AWARDS:
GRAND PRIX des Amerique, Montreal 1991
Bavarian Film Award for director Percy Adlon
And Best Actress for Rosel Zech, 1991
In English, 94 min
For Professional Use Only -
