It was written by kurt raab, who also stars in the film, and produced by rainer werner fassbinder. Tenderness of the wolf 1973 is an excellent film about a serial killer living in war torn germany. Based on the true story of fritz haarmann, aka the butcher of hanover and the vampire of hanover. The new 1080p24hz highdefinition presentation comes from a new 2k scan of the original camera negative.
Ulli lommel 21 december 1944 2 december 2017 was a german actor and director, noted for his many collaborations with rainer werner fassbinder and his association with the new german cinema movement. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Wilderness what makes the tenderness of wolves a memorable story is the location the desolate snowcovered wilds of canada in the late 1860s. West germany a serial killer who preys on young men and boys is loose in germany. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 tenderness of the wolves. Before the boogeyman, rainer werner fassbinder acolyte ulli lommel honed his horror stylistics with tenderness of the wolves, an arty take on the fritz haarmann killings hitting bluraydvd combo via arrow video usa. Today lommel is far better known in america as the director of eccentric horror films like the. The notorious german killer known as both the butcher and the vampire of hanover was guillotined in 1925 for the murders of young men and boys between 1918 and 1925. Comparison of the anchor bay and arrow blu ray release. This isn t an easy film to watch, but it certainly gets under the skin. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 the movie database tmdb. Its the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy, but we dont walk out on. A german serial killer preys on boys and young men during the socalled years of crisis between the wars.
Tenderness of the wolves 1973 cast and crew moviefone. Tenderness of the wolves is a nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. Released 1973, tenderness of the wolves stars kurt raab, margit carstensen, ingrid caven, wolfgang schenck the movie has a runtime of about 1. Before he was reduced to helming a neverending series of terriblyshot true crime flicks for directtovideo distribution, ulli lommel displayed great promise as a filmmaker with 1973s tenderness of the wolves, a chilling character study and realistic horror tale produced by world cinema legend rainer werner fassbinder that makes its debut on bluray in the u. Fassbinder was obviously a big influence on lommels direction whom as most of you know, he worked with during the 70s. This dark horror film from director ulli lommel was based on the reallife crimes of fritz haarman kurt raab, the socalled vampire of dusseldorf who. Whats the story set in 1867 in a small frontier town in canada, a man is brutally murdered the same day a boy goes missing, forcing the youngsters mother to head into the wilderness in an effort to clear her sons name.
The movie comes from the rainer werner fassbinder film group in berlin and is directed by fassbinders protege ulli lommel. Fritz haarman was a pedophile psychopath who lived during wwi germany the time period in the movie was moved up to wwii. Tenderness of the wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the. The story is based on the crimes of german serial killer and cannibal. Its a mustsee in my book, and arrows bluray is the perfect way by which to see it. Lommels second film as directorthe tenderness of wolves, which was. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 scorethefilms movie blog. Tenderness of the wolves looked like it was going to be a good movie. Tenderness of the wolves the arrow video story youtube. Everything you need to know about the tenderness of wolves. Arrow releases ulli lommels film about infamous german serial killer fritz haarmann, tenderness of the wolves on bluray in a dualformat edition in the aspect ratio of 1. Beautifully and enthusiastically performed the new york times. Based on the true story of fritz haarmann, aka the butcher of.
Tenderness of the wolves remains a challenging, grim and above all powerful arthorror film, one of the most elegant and yet perverse. The spectator stef penney, who in an even more unusual coup, won the first novel prize with a murder saga, the tenderness of wolves. Haarmann was also the inspiration behind fritz lang s m. The tenderness of wolves is in part a murder mystery, opening with the brutal killing of a frenchcanadian trapper near dove river, a small settlement. Babyfaced and shavenheaded, in a manner that recalls both m and f.
See the full list of tenderness of the wolves cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. If tenderness of the wolves works on a reflexive register, its due to raabs performance, which consistently displays his own homosexuality in a fashion that blurs lines between fiction and documentary, albeit a bit coarsely, since lommel often trains his camera on haarmanns sexual encounters to milk their exploitative potential. Unfortunately, my tastes are definitely not in the same ballpark as this film. Tenderness of the wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a killer. In postwar germany the film moves the setting from the end of the first world war, to the end of the second, two petty crooks find a new way to find meat to sell to their bankrupt neighbours. I liked it a lot, its a shame ulli lommel has only managed to crank out complete crap after. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the tenderness of wolves. Fritz haarmann, aka the butcher of hanover and the vampire of hanover, was a german serial killer responsible for the murders of two dozen boys and young men during the socalled years of crisis between the wars. Illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing on the film by tony rayns, editor of the first englishlanguage book on rainer werner fassbinder verdict tenderness of the wolves was not my type of movie, as i felt it was a tad too boring and distasteful.
The story is based on the crimes of german serial killer and cannibal fritz haarmann. Lommels second film as director the tenderness of wolves, which was produced by fassbinder, was a drama about the murders of fritz haarmann. The tenderness of wolves is an entertaining and wellwritten adventure thriller. Ulli lommels 1973 classic tenderness of the wolves arrives on blu ray with an excellent 2k restoration performed by the rainer werner. Tenderness of the wolves is more of an interesting film than one i actually enjoyed watching.
This dark horror film from director ulli lommel was based on the reallife crimes of fritz haarman kurt raab, the socalled. Tenderness of the wolves is a german drama, from 1973, telling the true story of a sexual predator, serial killer and cannibal who purportedly murdered more than 30 young men in germany in the 1920s. With kurt raab, jeff roden, margit carstensen, ingrid caven. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 british board of film. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Tenderness of the wolves is a unique item an only marginal commercial film made way before serial killer movies embraced grotesque morbidity as entertainment. The tenderness of wolves is definitely not an overly graphical or tasteless film, but the subject matter is sickening and the whole portrayal of pedophilia is beyond disturbing.
The tenderness of wolves is a novel by stef penney, which was first published in 2006. An unforgiving time when settlers and native indians sought to live off the land, often suspicious of each other. The costa judges said it made them feel enveloped in the snowy wastes of canada in 1867. Tenderness of the wolves is a far more explicit exploration of the case. Stef penneys mesmerizing debut novel, winner of britains costa book of the year award formerly the whitbread award, entertains on several levels. The fur trappers and the hudson bay company where at the heart of all trade and employment and their power and. Soldier 1970, world on a wire 1973 and chinese roulette 1976 among others. Looking to have come from a recent restoration performed by the.
Fritz haarman was a pedophile psychopath who lived during. Watching it again, ive changed my mind about this film. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 directed by ulli lommel. No part of this website may be reproduced without permission. Winter has just tightened its grip on dove river, a tiny isolated settlement in the northern territory, when a man is brutally murdered. While living in bad nauheim as a teenager, lommel performed with elvis presley. Based on the same true story that inspired fritz langs m, ulli lommels tenderness of the wolves takes an unsettling look at the life of murderer, black marketeer, and police informant fritz haarman, a pedophile who used his position to sweep the train stations and pick up young runaway boys.
The tenderness of wolves is a 1973 west german drama film directed by ulli lommel. Stef penney the tenderness of wolves book video youtube. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 stream and watch online. He starred in fassbinders the american soldier 1970, world on a wire 1973 and chinese roulette 1976 among others.
Tenderness of the wolves 1973 a gay serial killer murders boys and feeds them to his fellow cannibals. In postwar germany the film moves the setting from the end of the first. Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals. Note the german release has an exclusive featurette but the film has only lossy audio. Arrow releases ulli lommels film about infamous german serial. Haarmann pretty openly declares his affection for young boys and his entire surrounding either deliberately ignores this or even considers it to be the most common. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the. This isnt an easy film to watch, but it certainly gets under the skin. It starts with the discovery of the murder of a trapper, and then follows various events that occur as the murderer is sought. Tenderness of the wolves 1973 bluraydvd combo director. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Fassbinder fridays returns with a look at the uli lommel directed film tenderness of the wolves 1973. Its genuinely dreadful character study is built around kurt raab, who plays the lead role, wrote the script and designed the movie as well. Buy or rent tenderness of wolves movie now family video.
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