Charleys Girls

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2005 runtime 22'00 colour
screening format Beta SP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

In this film, the grandson of Franz Bielmeier (one of the Girls founding members besides Peter Hein and Markus Oehlen) gives an account of the beginnings and the early period of punk in Düsseldorf between 1977 and 1979 from his own point of view (which is charming and not in the least bit naive).

director Astrid Heibach Besetzung / Cast Franz Bielmeier, Narrator Marko Heibach, Peter Hein Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Franz Bielmeier Schnitt / Editing Astrid Heibach Bildgestaltung / DOP Astrid Heibach Drehbuch / Script Astrid Heibach
Festivals
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
festival garage stralsund, Stralsund, Germany
Production
  • Astrid Heibach
  • Rennebergstraße 25
  • 50939 Köln
  • +49 221 448590
Distribution
  • Astrid Heibach
  • Rennebergstraße 25
  • 50939 Köln
  • +49 221 448590

Astrid Heibach

1972-1974, Studies Theater and Film Kunstakademie Dsseldorf;
1986-1987, studied Computergraphics;
School of Visual Arts, New York;
1992, German prize for videoart SWF/ZKM

Filmography
1982 Universal Input Output
1987 Believe it or not
1990 I did it
1996 Mit meinen Augen
2003 Damo Suzuki