Bavarian Hunting Scenery

Peter Fleischmann
Martin Sperr, Angela Winkler, Hanna Schygulla
1969
West Germany
Completed
German
Germany: 8
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asJagdszenen aus Niederbayern,is aWest GermanyProducerwomen sex,At1969Released in year
。The dialogue language isGerman,Current Douban rating7.7(For reference only)。
Synopsis from Time Out Film Guide: Between the seemingly idyllic opening and closing scenes depicting a rural community, first at church, then at the village festival, Fleischmann attacks that community's prejudices and ignorance without remorse. His very precisely observed portrait of Bavarian life begins with little more than a display of the villagers' constant ribbing, bawdy humour, continuous gossip, and more than a hint of their slow-wittedness. With the return of a young man, their idle malice and childish clowning, always on the edge of unpleasantness, receive some focus: quite without foundation, the lad is victimised as a homosexual. The crippling conformity of their ingrained conservatism leads the villagers to reject anything 'different': a young widow is ostracised, more for her crippled lover and idiot son than her morals; a teacher is frozen out because she's educated; the casual destruction of the young 'homosexual' is given no more thought than the cutting up of a pig. Not Germany in the '30s but the '70s; nevertheless, the political parallels are clear. An impressive film.