''Germany Year 90 Nine Zero'' (
French: ''Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro'') is a French film directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...
and starring
Eddie Constantine in his signature role as detective
Lemmy Caution. This is the second film in which Godard and Constantine collaborated with the Lemmy Caution character, although it is not a sequel to ''
Alphaville''. It was also the 15th and final time that Constantine would play his signature role in 40 years.
The film was screened in competition at the
48th Venice International Film Festival
The 48th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 3 to 14 September 1991.
Italian film critic Gian Luigi Rondi was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion winner was '' Close to Eden'' directed by Nikita Mik ...
, in which it won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.
The title is a reference to the 1948
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such a ...
film ''
Germany, Year Zero''.
Summary
Just after the fall of the
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...
, Lemmy Caution roams around the city aimlessly. The film is part narrative and part documentary essay picture about German history and politics.
Cast
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Eddie Constantine as
Lemmy Caution
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Hanns Zischler as Count Zelten
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Claudia Michelsen as Charlotte Kestner / Dora
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Nathalie Kadem as Delphine de Stael
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André S. Labarthe as Récitant
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Robert Wittmers as Don Quichotte
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Kim Kashkashian as Musician
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Anton Mossine as Dimitri
References
External links
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French avant-garde and experimental films
Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard
1990s avant-garde and experimental films
1990s French films
Golden Osella winners
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