Sugarbaby
Sugarbaby may not shrink your waistline, but it is guaranteed to liquidise your heart”. (ELLE)
SUGARBABY (1984)
Zuckerbaby
A film by Percy Adlon
Marianne Sägebrecht...............She
Eisi Gulp..................................He
Manuela Denz...........................His Wife
Toni Berger...............................Brunnthaler
Hans Stadlbauer.......................U-
A big, not so young woman who works in a funeral parlor... is sitting in the subway one day when the young subway driver’s voice hits her like a bolt of lightening. She takes time off her job, spies on him, and tracks him down. They wind up in seventh heaven but a crash landing finally brings them back down to earth. That, however, is not the end of the story…
HE: To think I found a sweetheart like you…
SHE: You found me?… I spied on you, I tracked you down, and I nailed you!
Marianne Sägebrecht plays the big woman who falls head over heals in love and Eisi Gulp plays the amazed young man who simply stops going home.
Johanna Heer, the New York artist camerawoman, has bathed this comedy about an impossible love affair in bright, contemporary colors.
Question: How old are they?
Percy Adlon: He’s young, she’s somewhat
older… He’s thin, she’s a lot of a woman.
Question: Does she bag him?
Percy Adlon: Yes, but by the time they get into the bubble bath, she’s not the same woman. Much like a butterfly bursting out of a cocoon.
Written and directed by Percy Adlon
Director of Photography -
Editor -
Music -
Produced by Eleonore Adlon
A pelemele Film production with BR
Shot on 35mm Fuji stock in Munich, August 13 -
Premiered at the 1985 Berlin International Film Festival as the Forum’s “Surprise
Film”. U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival, 1985.
AWARDS:
ERNST-
In German with English subtitles, 86 minutes, 35mm, 1:1.66, Color, Dolby Stereo
For Professional Use Only -
