A unique collection of film documents about the Munich Oktoberfest: early silent footage and amateur films, newsreel clips and TV shows, experiments with color, 3-D, CinemaScope, and multi-channel sound - and works of New German Cinema directors like Ferdinand Khittl, Herbert Achternbusch and Percy Adlon. We see how the most popular fairground attractions and the media have changed with the fashion of the times. The fascinating 2-disc DVD includes a booklet with an illustrated essay by Elisabeth Angermair about the history of the Oktoberfest.
The Films
Wie München seine Feste feiert - Germany 1910
Valentin auf der Festwiese - Germany 1921 - Cast: Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt
Oktoberfest - Germany 1925
Oktoberfest - Germany 1929
Oktoberfest 1931 - Germany 1931
125 Jahre Münchener Oktoberfest - Germany 1935
Münchner Oktoberfest - Germany 1939 - Directed by: Max Grix - Kamera: Kurt Neubert - Cast: Karin Lüsebrink, Ernst G. Schiffner, Rudolf Kuning
Auf geht's - Germany 1948 - newsreel report
München: Oktoberfest - West-Germany 1949 - newsreel report
Münchner Oktoberfest - West-Germany 1950 - Directed by: Fritz Müller - Photographed by: Koloman von Keviczky - Cast: Kurt Wilhelm, Harald Wolff
Plastischer Wies'n-Bummel - West-Germany 1954 - Directed by: Werner Jacobs - Photographed by: Kurt Gewissen - Cast: Margot Hielscher, Wastl Witt
Auf geht's - West-Germany 1955 - Directed by: Ferdinand Khittl - Written by: Just Scheu - Photographed by: Gerd von Bonin
Rund um den Zuban-Turm - West-Germany 1957 - Cast: Michel Lang
Oktoberfest - West-Germany 1959
Wies'n-Melodie - Skizzen vom Oktoberfest - West-Germany 1969 - Directed by: Bernd Schmid
Oktoberfest - West-Germany 1972
Der Wiesnpostbote - West-Germany 1974 - Directed and written by: Percy Adlon - Photographed by: Rudolf Kleinjung
Bierkampf - West-Germany 1977 - Directed and written by: Herbert Achternbusch - Photographed by: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein - Cast: Herbert Achternbusch, Annamirl Bierbichler, Josef Bierbichler, Heinz Braun, Margarethe von Trotta
Der echte Liliom - Porträt eines Rummelplatzarbeiters - West-Germany 1978 - Directed and written by: Percy Adlon - Photographed by: Martin Lippl
DVD-Features (Doppel-DVD)
DVD 1
- Wie München seine Feste feiert 1910, 18'
- Valentin auf der Festwiese 1921, 18'
- Oktoberfest 1925, 11'
- Oktoberfest 1929, 4'
- Oktberfest 1931 1931, 12'
- 125 Jahre Münchener Oktoberfest 1935, 10'
- Münchener Oktoberfest 1939, 12'
- Auf geht's 1948, 2'
- München: Oktoberfest 1949, 2'
- Münchner Oktoberfest 1950, 10'
- Plastischer Wiesnbummel 1954, 8' (3-D)
- Auf geht's 1955, 11' (CinemaScope)
- Rund um den Zuban-Turm 1957, 15'
- Oktoberfest 1959, 17'
- Wies'n Melodie 1969, 14'
- 3-D flasses for viewing Plastischer Wiesnbummel
DVD 2
- Oktoberfest 1972, 8'
- Der Wiesnpostbot 1974, 17'
- Bierkampf 1977, 81'
- Der echte Liliom 1978, 43'
- 20 page trilingual booklet
Edited by: Filmmuseum München and Stadtarchiv München
DVD authoring: Tobias Dressel
DVD supervision: Stefan Droessler, Elisabeth Angermair
First edition December 2014, Second edition November 2016
