Lust for Love (1967 film)

Lust for Love
Directed byEdgar Reitz
CinematographyThomas Mauch
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Release date
  • 21 March 1967 (1967-03-21)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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.

The film premiered in West Germany on 21 March 1967.[1] It was shown in competition at the 28th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best First Work.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ "Mahlzeiten". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Mahlzeiten". Kino.de (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2015.


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