Roland Klick
Birth : 1939-07-04, Hof
History
Roland Klick bricht ein Studium der Theaterwissenschaften und der Germanistik ab, um eine Karriere beim Film zu starten. Am Deutschen Institut für Film und Fernsehen ist er 1962/63 als Kameramann beiRalf Schünzels Dokumentarfilm "München – Tagebuch eines Studenten" tätig. Nach ersten eigenen Kurzfilmen sowie dem 50-minütigen Spielfilm "Jimmy Orpheus" (1966) gibt Klick mit dem beklemmenden Drama "Bübchen" 1968 sein Langfilmdebüt. Trotz des kontroversen Themas - "Bübchen" erzählt von einem Zehnjährigen, der seine kleine Schwester tötet und die Leiche versteckt - wird der Film mit einem Bundesfilmpreis für die Darstellerin Renate Roland geehrt; Klick selbst wird von Kollegen und Kritikern als eine der großen Hoffnungen des deutschen Films gefeiert. Seinen nächsten Film, den in Israel gedrehten Thriller "Deadlock" (1970) mit Mario Adorf, inszeniert Klick in einer gänzlich anderen Stilistik als das Großstadt-Drama "Bübchen": Bei der Geschichte von drei Gangstern, die sich in einer Geisterstadt in der Wüste einen Kampf um die Beute eines Bankraubs liefern, orientiert er sich an der Ästhetik des Italo-Western. Von der Kritik auf Grund seiner Betonung der Action-Elemente zwiespältig aufgenommen, wird Klick mit einem Deutschen Filmpreis als "Bester Regisseur" ausgezeichnet. Beim Publikum findet der langsam und lakonisch erzählte "Deadlock" allerdings nicht den erhofften Anklang. Drei Jahre später legt Klick, der sich immer wieder vom Kunstanspruch des "Neuen Deutschen Films" distanziert und betont, Publikumsfilme drehen zu wollen, mit "Supermarkt" (1973) ein Milieu-Drama nach amerikanischen Genremustern vor. Auch dieser Film wird von der Kritik hoch gelobt; Roland Klick erhält einen Bundesfilmpreis für die "Beste Regie",Walter Kohuit einen Darstellerpreis. Nach der Simmel-Verfilmung "Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein" (1975; Bundesfilmpreis für den Kameraman Jost Vacano) und dem Dokumentarfilm "Derby Fever USA" (1979; Bundesfilmpreis in Silber) über Pferderennen soll Klick 1981 den Bestseller "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" fürs Kino inszenieren, bricht das Projekt jedoch wegen kreativer Differenzen mit den Produzenten zwei Wochen vor Drehbeginn ab. Die Realisierung seines kurzfristig anberaumtem Alternativprojekts "White Star" zieht sich auf Grund der Kokainsucht und der daraus resultierenden Ausfälle des Hauptdarstellers Dennis Hopper über zwei Jahre hin. 1983 kommt der Film als Fragment in die Kinos. Wieder wird Klick mit dem Bundesfilmpreis in der Kategorie Regie ausgezeichnet, kommerziell erweist aber auch dieser Film sich als Misserfolg. Mit der Komödie "Schluckauf" (1987-1992) über eine junge Frau aus der Provinz, die nach Berlin zieht, um Fotomodell zu werden, inszeniert Klick seinen bislang letzten Kinofilm. Anfang der 1990er Jahre zieht er sich als Autor nach Irland zurück, wo er bis heute lebt.
Himself
In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved worldwide fame. Schmidt also made a name for himself as a composer for films by Wim Wenders. In this documentary, the charismatic sound tinkerer looks back on his life and career.
himself
An alternative history of the not-so-well-known West German genre cinema of the 1960s and 1970s.
Himself
The gritty, kinetic, visionary cinema of Roland Klick is ripe for rediscovery. After shooting with international stars, such as Mario Adorf and Dennis Hopper, Klick celebrated international success and achieved cult status. Yet after making only six features, he disappeared from the scene in a rather mysterious way. The story of an uncompromising film maniac.
Writer
Gertie, called Flo by her friends, sees her big chance of a model carreer, when she manages to get the business card of successful model Chantal at a fashion show in her sleepy village. She goes to Berlin and nests in the flat share of Chantal and Freddie. Whereas country girl Flo is still busy to find herself, Chantal is about to lose herself more and more in the depths of stardom. The story of a very unusual female friendship.
Director
Gertie, called Flo by her friends, sees her big chance of a model carreer, when she manages to get the business card of successful model Chantal at a fashion show in her sleepy village. She goes to Berlin and nests in the flat share of Chantal and Freddie. Whereas country girl Flo is still busy to find herself, Chantal is about to lose herself more and more in the depths of stardom. The story of a very unusual female friendship.
Producer
A clean-cut synth artist in Germany hopes to turn his career around with the help of a washed-up, erratic, publicity-crazed American manager.
Writer
A clean-cut synth artist in Germany hopes to turn his career around with the help of a washed-up, erratic, publicity-crazed American manager.
Director
A clean-cut synth artist in Germany hopes to turn his career around with the help of a washed-up, erratic, publicity-crazed American manager.
Writer
Documentary on the Kentucky Derby.
Director
Documentary on the Kentucky Derby.
Writer
1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent west with a special order. However as soon as he's crossed the border, he reports to the police. He claims his order was to kidnap someone, but he doesn't know who yet. He's forced to continue feignedly. However the east agents don't really trust him and play a double game...
Director
1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent west with a special order. However as soon as he's crossed the border, he reports to the police. He claims his order was to kidnap someone, but he doesn't know who yet. He's forced to continue feignedly. However the east agents don't really trust him and play a double game...
Screenplay
Willi is 18 years old and lives on the street. Without a goal in his life he walks around the city and meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he meets a girl, Monica, he realizes that there are people out there whose lives are even more desperate than his. So he's trying to help her (and him) by planning a great robbery on a supermarket's money transporter.
Director
Willi is 18 years old and lives on the street. Without a goal in his life he walks around the city and meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he meets a girl, Monica, he realizes that there are people out there whose lives are even more desperate than his. So he's trying to help her (and him) by planning a great robbery on a supermarket's money transporter.
Writer
After pulling off a bank robbery two bandits meet in a deserted mining town to divide their loot but an old miner tries to steal it from them.
Producer
After pulling off a bank robbery two bandits meet in a deserted mining town to divide their loot but an old miner tries to steal it from them.
Director
After pulling off a bank robbery two bandits meet in a deserted mining town to divide their loot but an old miner tries to steal it from them.
Music
A strange case baffles the police and the citizens of a German small town. A two-year old girl has disappeared. There are suspects, innocents, guilty ones and a web of lies. It's saturday afternoon, and Achim's parents are invited for a topping-out ceremony. The neighbour's daughter, Monika (Renate Roland), is the babysitter for Achim (Sascha Urchs) and his little sister Kathrin, but Monika doesn't take the job too serious. She'd rather go for a ride with her boyfriend. Through a unforeseen row of circumstances, Achim becomes the murderer of his sister, and hides the body in a wrecked car on the scrapyard. When the parents return home, a frantic search for the little child begins. Only the father (Sieghardt Rupp) seems to know the truth…
Writer
A strange case baffles the police and the citizens of a German small town. A two-year old girl has disappeared. There are suspects, innocents, guilty ones and a web of lies. It's saturday afternoon, and Achim's parents are invited for a topping-out ceremony. The neighbour's daughter, Monika (Renate Roland), is the babysitter for Achim (Sascha Urchs) and his little sister Kathrin, but Monika doesn't take the job too serious. She'd rather go for a ride with her boyfriend. Through a unforeseen row of circumstances, Achim becomes the murderer of his sister, and hides the body in a wrecked car on the scrapyard. When the parents return home, a frantic search for the little child begins. Only the father (Sieghardt Rupp) seems to know the truth…
Director
A strange case baffles the police and the citizens of a German small town. A two-year old girl has disappeared. There are suspects, innocents, guilty ones and a web of lies. It's saturday afternoon, and Achim's parents are invited for a topping-out ceremony. The neighbour's daughter, Monika (Renate Roland), is the babysitter for Achim (Sascha Urchs) and his little sister Kathrin, but Monika doesn't take the job too serious. She'd rather go for a ride with her boyfriend. Through a unforeseen row of circumstances, Achim becomes the murderer of his sister, and hides the body in a wrecked car on the scrapyard. When the parents return home, a frantic search for the little child begins. Only the father (Sieghardt Rupp) seems to know the truth…
Writer
Jimmy Orpheus is about a young day labourer at the docks. After a crawl through the late-night bars in the St. Pauli red-light district, he meets a prostitute, for whom he risks life and limb while walking around night-time Hamburg … A love story that is as poetic as it is realistic, with Roland Klick trying out various extravagant editing and camera techniques, such as jump cuts and time-lapse shots, as well as his idea of action movies.
Director
Jimmy Orpheus is about a young day labourer at the docks. After a crawl through the late-night bars in the St. Pauli red-light district, he meets a prostitute, for whom he risks life and limb while walking around night-time Hamburg … A love story that is as poetic as it is realistic, with Roland Klick trying out various extravagant editing and camera techniques, such as jump cuts and time-lapse shots, as well as his idea of action movies.
Editor
Both live in a tower block. He is a young office assistant, she an ageing stripper. Their lives don’t cross until that one day when they meet twice.
Music
Both live in a tower block. He is a young office assistant, she an ageing stripper. Their lives don’t cross until that one day when they meet twice.
Writer
Both live in a tower block. He is a young office assistant, she an ageing stripper. Their lives don’t cross until that one day when they meet twice.
Director
Both live in a tower block. He is a young office assistant, she an ageing stripper. Their lives don’t cross until that one day when they meet twice.
Editor
A film about a young man (Otto Sander) in a poor Bavarian village who plays the role of the village idiot.
Cinematography
A film about a young man (Otto Sander) in a poor Bavarian village who plays the role of the village idiot.
Writer
A film about a young man (Otto Sander) in a poor Bavarian village who plays the role of the village idiot.
Director
A film about a young man (Otto Sander) in a poor Bavarian village who plays the role of the village idiot.
Screenplay
A little boy's Christmas wonders, and adults' reality.
Director of Photography
A little boy's Christmas wonders, and adults' reality.
Editor
A little boy's Christmas wonders, and adults' reality.
Director
A little boy's Christmas wonders, and adults' reality.
