San Domingo (1970)

Directed by

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 18m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man joins a hippie commune and the members learn that he comes from a wealthy family. They pretend he has been kidnapped and demand a ransom from his parents. The film is loosely based on a Heinrich von Kleist story.

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What happens

San Domingo is a 1970 West German drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. It tells the story of a man who joins a rock music hippie commune. When the commune members learn that his family is wealthy, they tell his parents that he has been kidnapped and demand a ransom. The film is loosely based on the story Betrothal in St. Domingo by Heinrich von Kleist. The actors are primarily non-professionals. The film received the 1971 Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Cinematography and Best Music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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