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Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (The)

Country: Germany, Language: German, 54 mins

Original Title

Die Betörung der Blauen Matrosen
  • Director: Tabea Blumenschein; Ulrike Ottinger
  • Writer: Tabea Blumenschein; Ulrike Ottinger

CGiii Comment

In collage sequences, the surrogate of synthetic sensuality takes form and seduces the sailors in the guise of a Hawaiian girl. In ritual punctuation, she distributes deaths which seemingly only the hardy siren Fatality can survive.


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Cast & Characters

Tabea Blumenschein as Eine Sirene / Ein Hawaiimadchen / Ein junger Vogel;
Wally Busch as Der amerikanische Altstar;
Valeska Gert as Ein alter Vogel;
Rolf Gartner;
Itti Janz;
Andreas Kelling;
Jean Matelot as Matrose / Die russische Stummfilmmutter;
Burkhard Meyeratken;
Ulrike Ottinger as Die Nymphe der deutschen Romantik;
Frank Ripploh as Die griechische Gott-Tunte;
Barry Tannenbaum;
Rosa von Praunheim as Matrose