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Orpheus' Song

Country: Germany, Language: German, 72 mins

  • Director: Tor Iben
  • Writer: Tor Iben
  • Producer: Carsten Bauhaus, Tor Iben, Samir Moussa, Wolfgang Reeb

CGiii Comment

A [mere] 70 minute film...with the first 35 of those [precious] minutes resulting in...nothing. Quite literally, nothing happens...two 'straight' gym bunnies go to the gym! With the toxic one...taking selfies of himself.

Look...this seems to be a rather bizarre re-interpretation of that ancient [but, hysterical] joke: What's the difference between a straight man and gay man? Three [maybe four...definitely, five] pints of strong lager! Boom boom! Sadly, there's no out-of-control-bladder hysteria with this song by Orpheus.

Here, it's a quarter of a bottle of [cloudy] wine [each] and half of an enchanted pomegranate [each] [yes, you read that correctly]...and, suddenly, these two 'straight' [gym] bunnies are all over each other, on a beach, naked, licking sand off of each others' immaculate torsos. That's after they have encountered a thieving [ukulele-playing, cave-dwelling] Hercules and a mystical figure playing a flute in ill-fitting pants [was he Orpheus?]. And...[there's more], dealing with, quite possibly, the most offensive hotel receptionist ever to be employed [the young one, not the elderly gentleman] in the global hospitality 4**** hotel industry! It was NOT a 4**** hotel, no need to pretend it was!

Now...this [all] does seem a little harsh...but, Tor Iben has made quite a few films...seriously, it's time to [radically] improve or [permanently] give up. It's got to be said: Practice does not always make perfect.

On a brighter note...the cinematography was pretty good [in places].


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The(ir) Blurb...

Two young men from Berlin are win a trip to Greece. On an excursion they get lost on the island, they reach an abondoned village und have an encounter with a mysterious creature, who calls himself: Hercules. They spent the night in a cave and dream a strange dream. On the next day, nothing is like it was before...

Cast & Characters

Sascha Weingarten (as Philipp Mankowski)
Julien Lickert (as Enis Beckmann)
Henry Morales (as Hercules)
Kristina Kostiv (as Kristina)
Murat Dikenci (as Receptionist 1)
Wolfgang Reeb (as Receptionist 2)
Flamur Aljiji (as Supplement Store Clerk)
Jasper Joseph (as Photographer)
Astrid Kohrs (as Woman in Hotel)
Thomas Wiesenberg (as Man in Hotel)
Yonatan Berman (as Orpheus)
Stefanie Alder (as Trainer)
Mario Schollenberger (as Photographer's Assistant)
Raymond Biasca (as Bodybuilder (as Raymond 'Ray da Beast' Biasca))