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Lust for Love (1967 film)

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Lust for Love (German: Mahlzeiten, lit. 'Meals') is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz, starring Heidi Stroh and Georg Hauke. It tells the story of the marriage and subsequent crisis of a young female photographer and a medical student. It was the director's first fiction film and is part of the New German Cinema movement.[1]

Directed byEdgar Reitz
Written byEdgar Reitz
Produced byEdgar Reitz
StarringHeidi Stroh
Georg Hauke
Ruth von Zerboni
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Lust for Love
Directed byEdgar Reitz
Written byEdgar Reitz
Produced byEdgar Reitz
StarringHeidi Stroh
Georg Hauke
Ruth von Zerboni
CinematographyThomas Mauch
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Music byEdgar Reitz
Production
companies
Edgar Reitz Film
Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 21 March 1967 (1967-03-21)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman
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The film premiered in West Germany on 21 March 1967.[2] It was shown in competition at the 28th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best First Work.[3]

Cast

  • Heidi Stroh as Elisabeth
  • Georg Hauke as Rolf
  • Nina Frank as Irina
  • Ruth von Zerboni as Rolfs Mutter
  • Ilona Schütze as Ilona
  • Dirk Borchert as friend
  • Klaus Lackschewitz as friend
  • Peter Hohberger as Brian Leak

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