San Domingo | |
Director: | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
Producer: | Hans Jürgen Syberberg |
Screenplay: | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
Music: | Amon Düül II |
Cinematography: | Christian Blackwood |
Editing: | Ingrid Fischer |
Studio: | TMS Film GmbH |
Runtime: | 138 minutes |
Country: | West Germany |
Language: | German |
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.[1]