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Asphalt Night

Asphaltnacht

1980
Germany
feature film - Music
90 min. (2472 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

Angel a hippie spends a night on town in West Berlin with Johnny a punk.

Cast

Actor/-ess: Gerd Udo Heinemann (Angel); Thomas Davis (Jonny); Monika Rack (Tina); Gabriele Helene Ruthmann (Nelly); Ralf Hermann (Frank); Charly Wierczejewski (L. A. Peters); Michael Zens (Kamikaze); Herbert Rimbach (Rock-Kritiker); Debbie Neon (Debbie); Christina Plate (Kleine); Clemens Schikorski (84); Richard de Bastion (Organist); Frank Krüger (Dealer); Edwin Wengoborski (Bettler); Ron Schmuck (Gitarrist); Annelie Herkell (Angels Schwester); Wolf Loenicker (Mann vor Pornokino); Carmen Richter (Frau vor Pornokino); Hans Gaidosch (Discjockey); Christian Siemert-Schröder (Rocker); Peter Fratzscher (Musiker)

Direction

Director: Peter Fratzscher

Assistant director: Wolfgang Rühl

Writing

Screenplay: Peter Fratzscher

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Bernd Heinl

Assistant camera / focus puller: Michael Zens

Still photographer: Klaus Hemme

Lighting design: Ekkehard Heinrich; Helmut Grass

Decor

Set design: Holger Scholz; Hans Gärtner (Assistenz); Hans Gaidosch (Assistenz)

Property master: Holger Scholz

Stand-by props: Hans Gaidosch

Construction manager: Hans Gärtner

Make-up artist: Lisa Grass

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Peter Fratzscher

Assistant editor: Wolfgang Rühl

Sound: Jan van der Eerden; Günter Hahn

Audio mixing: Hartmut Eichgrün

Stunts: Christian Lukacszyk

Music

Music-Production: Ian Hunter; Debbie Neon; Tom Winter; Richard de Bastion; Ron Schmuck

Production

Producer: Michael Wiedemann

Editorial department: Sibylle Hubatschek-Rahn

Unit production manager: Alena Rimbach

Location manager: Renate Witte

Production manager: Erich Raschke

Production office: Barbara Stückle

Companies

Production company: Tura-Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH

Commissioned by: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Filminfos

shooting period: 5/5/1980 – 6/13/1980

premiere: 10/31/1980 – Hof, Germany (Internationale Filmtage)

Format: 35mm; 1,37:1; Eastmancolor; mono

Film Infos: IMdB; filmportal

register & tags

Tags: Punk; Disco

Shooting Locations see on map

Location shooting: U-Bahneinfahrt Dennewitzstraße (driving scene); Schlesisches Tor (subway station); Lido (R n R); Schlesische- corner Cuvrystraße (RnR corner); Gröbenufer (prostitudes); (Das politische Buch); Feilnerstraße 11 (ruin); Skalitzer corner Wiener Straße (Angel hits a car); Avus northern loop (aerial view); International Congress Centrum (aerial view, later driving scene); central bus station ZOB (bus station); Kranzler Eck (driving scene); Zoo-Fenster (Aki sex cinema); Zoologischer Garten Railway Station (Angel leaves); Pariser Straße 19 (Bar, Weck-Werk); Hoher Bogen (Autobahn); Tabor church (church); Parkhouse Europa Center (park house); ehem. Broadway (Broadway and Disco); Schlangenbader Straße (car race); Stuttgarter Platz 22 (Bar at the End); Stuttgarter Platz (crash)